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The largest problem with the JSON-type WYSIWYG implementation of editors is that they all have their own custom implementations and conventions of how they represent the DOM via JSON. Quill was one of the first (that I was aware of) to have a complete and somewhat sane implementation therein. That said, since that seems to be the way editors are moving in general, I think it makes sense to go in that direction as well, but choosing should be made with care, determining as many pros and cons of features and technical decisions for the choice as possible. The topic that covers editor.js is: https://processwire.com/talk/topic/24876-pw-30170-– core-updates/ There was another one (I believe the next update by Ryan in News & Announcements) that partially continued the discussion, but most of it, if I'm remembering correctly, was here. Statamic's Bard uses TipTap, and prior to that used ProseMirror (TipTap uses ProseMirror under-the-hood which is likely why they were able to easily switch to TipTap; the same underlying JSON representation). EDIT: I think @jploch's module, PAGEGRID, originated out of that discussion. 🙂

I think having seen Kirby CMS' blocks editor last week that that sort of UI with the JSON storage behind the scenes could be the way to go. I think some mashup of the JSON storage from one of those editors, Kirby's UI and the way the Pro Custom Fields module has its fields configured would be the perfect blend and then get rid of the need for Repeater Matrix for a lot of things. Some limitations would be that you have to store images/files somewhere but it's easy enough I guess to just have a field for each that acts as a bucket and the block editor references them. If the UI was advanced enough they could be there but hidden or something. I'll see if I can track down that other discussion - sounds interesting, thanks Brendon!

I think experimenting with a block-style editor would be great. In the very large discussion over WYSIWYG editors (I don't recall of this was a 2025 wishlist, or a discussion of the future of TinyMCE/CKEditor, but it had a LOT of paginated responses), a few people even experimented in creating a proof-of-concept with editor.js, showing their results. I gave it a shot but determined the end result (interface) was too cumbersome for most of my users (and I usually try to aim for a very low bar as a standard; less complaints / support needed). Even in the demo (tried today) I was able to cause a rendering bug in both of the editors mentioned (TipTap, Editor.js) above. That said, if a true module is attempted to be released, since they render and use JSON as the underlying structure, I would recommend using a similar database structure to TinyMCE and/or CKEditor, and save the HTML-rendered output in a field just in case someone wished to switch back to a standard text editor for a particular field. (Unfortunately that means only one-way compatibility, however - and increased storage costs/size...so maybe an option for that in the module.)

Quick Tree This module is great for productivity when editing many pages within the admin, as it gives you direct access to the page tree navigation without having to hover the tree icon first. Download from Github For non-superusers the page dropdown currently looks like this (if no bookmarks are defined): With this module it looks like this: For super-users or users with all permissions set it looks like this: These changes are achieved width a small js file that triggers the ajax tree navigation after the dom has been loaded. While I have tested it already a bit, I release this for now as a beta version. I hope others find it useful as well.