refactor: new react mounting system

packages/core/src/editor/BlockNoteEditor.ts

@@ -589,8 +589,11 @@ export class BlockNoteEditor<
    *
    * @warning Not needed to call manually when using React, use BlockNoteView to take care of mounting
    */
-  public mount = (parentElement?: HTMLElement | null) => {
-    this._tiptapEditor.mount(parentElement);
+  public mount = (
+    parentElement?: HTMLElement | null,
+    contentComponent?: any
+  ) => {
+    this._tiptapEditor.mount(parentElement, contentComponent);
   };
 
   public get prosemirrorView() {

packages/core/src/editor/BlockNoteTipTapEditor.ts

@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ export type BlockNoteTipTapEditorOptions = Partial<
  * Custom Editor class that extends TiptapEditor and separates
  * the creation of the view from the constructor.
  */
-// @ts-ignore
 export class BlockNoteTipTapEditor extends TiptapEditor {
   private _state: EditorState;
-  private _creating = false;
+
   public static create = (
     options: BlockNoteTipTapEditorOptions,
     styleSchema: StyleSchema
@@ -150,56 +149,47 @@ export class BlockNoteTipTapEditor extends TiptapEditor {
   /**
    * Replace the default `createView` method with a custom one - which we call on mount
    */
-  private createViewAlternative() {
-    this._creating = true;
-    // Without queueMicrotask, custom IC / styles will give a React FlushSync error
-    queueMicrotask(() => {
-      if (!this._creating) {
-        return;
+  private createViewAlternative(contentComponent?: any) {
+    (this as any).contentComponent = contentComponent;
+
+    this.view = new EditorView(
+      { mount: this.options.element as any }, // use mount option so that we reuse the existing element instead of creating a new one
+      {
+        ...this.options.editorProps,
+        // @ts-ignore
+        dispatchTransaction: this.dispatchTransaction.bind(this),
+        state: this.state,
       }
-      this.view = new EditorView(
-        { mount: this.options.element as any }, // use mount option so that we reuse the existing element instead of creating a new one
-        {
-          ...this.options.editorProps,
-          // @ts-ignore
-          dispatchTransaction: this.dispatchTransaction.bind(this),
-          state: this.state,
-        }
-      );
+    );
 
-      // `editor.view` is not yet available at this time.
-      // Therefore we will add all plugins and node views directly afterwards.
-      const newState = this.state.reconfigure({
-        plugins: this.extensionManager.plugins,
-      });
+    // `editor.view` is not yet available at this time.
+    // Therefore we will add all plugins and node views directly afterwards.
+    const newState = this.state.reconfigure({
+      plugins: this.extensionManager.plugins,
+    });
 
-      this.view.updateState(newState);
+    this.view.updateState(newState);
 
-      this.createNodeViews();
+    this.createNodeViews();
 
-      // emit the created event, call here manually because we blocked the default call in the constructor
-      // (https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap/blob/45bac803283446795ad1b03f43d3746fa54a68ff/packages/core/src/Editor.ts#L117)
-      this.commands.focus(this.options.autofocus);
-      this.emit("create", { editor: this });
-      this.isInitialized = true;
-      this._creating = false;
-    });
+    // emit the created event, call here manually because we blocked the default call in the constructor
+    // (https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap/blob/45bac803283446795ad1b03f43d3746fa54a68ff/packages/core/src/Editor.ts#L117)
+    this.commands.focus(this.options.autofocus);
+    this.emit("create", { editor: this });
+    this.isInitialized = true;
   }
 
   /**
    * Mounts / unmounts the editor to a dom element
    *
    * @param element DOM element to mount to, ur null / undefined to destroy
    */
-  public mount = (element?: HTMLElement | null) => {
+  public mount = (element?: HTMLElement | null, contentComponent?: any) => {
     if (!element) {
       this.destroy();
-      // cancel pending microtask
-      this._creating = false;
     } else {
       this.options.element = element;
-      // @ts-ignore
-      this.createViewAlternative();
+      this.createViewAlternative(contentComponent);
     }
   };
 }
@@ -210,5 +200,6 @@ export class BlockNoteTipTapEditor extends TiptapEditor {
   // We should call `createView` manually only when a DOM element is available
 
   // additional fix because onPaste and onDrop depend on installing plugins in constructor which we don't support
+  // (note: can probably be removed after tiptap upgrade fixed in 2.8.0)
   this.options.onPaste = this.options.onDrop = undefined;
 };

packages/react/src/editor/BlockNoteView.tsx

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
   BlockNoteDefaultUI,
   BlockNoteDefaultUIProps,
 } from "./BlockNoteDefaultUI.js";
-import { EditorContent } from "./EditorContent.js";
+import { Portals, getContentComponent } from "./EditorContent.js";
 import { ElementRenderer } from "./ElementRenderer.js";
 import "./styles.css";
 
@@ -150,11 +150,23 @@ function BlockNoteViewComponent<
     [editor]
   );
 
+  const portalManager = useMemo(() => {
+    return getContentComponent();
+  }, []);
+
+  const mount = useCallback(
+    (element: HTMLElement | null) => {
+      editor.mount(element, portalManager);
+    },
+    [editor, portalManager]
+  );
+
   return (
     <BlockNoteContext.Provider value={context as any}>
       <ElementRenderer ref={setElementRenderer} />
       {!editor.headless && (
-        <EditorContent editor={editor}>
+        <>
+          <Portals contentComponent={portalManager} />
           <div
             className={mergeCSSClasses(
               "bn-container",
@@ -167,12 +179,12 @@ function BlockNoteViewComponent<
             <div
               aria-autocomplete="list"
               aria-haspopup="listbox"
-              ref={editor.mount}
+              ref={mount}
               {...contentEditableProps}
             />
             {renderChildren}
           </div>
-        </EditorContent>
+        </>
       )}
     </BlockNoteContext.Provider>
   );

packages/react/src/editor/EditorContent.tsx

@@ -1,67 +1,69 @@
-import { BlockNoteEditor } from "@blocknote/core";
 import { ReactRenderer } from "@tiptap/react";
-import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
 import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
 
-const Portals: React.FC<{ renderers: Record<string, ReactRenderer> }> = ({
-  renderers,
-}) => {
-  return (
-    <>
-      {Object.entries(renderers).map(([key, renderer]) => {
-        return createPortal(renderer.reactElement, renderer.element, key);
-      })}
-    </>
-  );
-};
+// this file takes the methods we need from
+// https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap/blob/develop/packages/react/src/EditorContent.tsx
 
-/**
- * Replacement of https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap/blob/6676c7e034a46117afdde560a1b25fe75411a21d/packages/react/src/EditorContent.tsx
- * that only takes care of the Portals.
- *
- * Original implementation is messy, and we use a "mount" system in BlockNoteTiptapEditor.tsx that makes this cleaner
- */
-export function EditorContent(props: {
-  editor: BlockNoteEditor<any, any, any>;
-  children: any;
-}) {
-  const [renderers, setRenderers] = useState<Record<string, ReactRenderer>>({});
+export function getContentComponent() {
+  const subscribers = new Set<() => void>();
+  let renderers: Record<string, React.ReactPortal> = {};
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    props.editor._tiptapEditor.contentComponent = {
-      /**
-       * Used by TipTap
-       */
-      setRenderer(id: string, renderer: ReactRenderer) {
-        setRenderers((renderers) => ({ ...renderers, [id]: renderer }));
-      },
+  return {
+    /**
+     * Subscribe to the editor instance's changes.
+     */
+    subscribe(callback: () => void) {
+      subscribers.add(callback);
+      return () => {
+        subscribers.delete(callback);
+      };
+    },
+    getSnapshot() {
+      return renderers;
+    },
+    getServerSnapshot() {
+      return renderers;
+    },
+    /**
+     * Adds a new NodeView Renderer to the editor.
+     */
+    setRenderer(id: string, renderer: ReactRenderer) {
+      renderers = {
+        ...renderers,
+        [id]: createPortal(renderer.reactElement, renderer.element, id),
+      };
 
-      /**
-       * Used by TipTap
-       */
-      removeRenderer(id: string) {
-        setRenderers((renderers) => {
-          const nextRenderers = { ...renderers };
+      subscribers.forEach((subscriber) => subscriber());
+    },
+    /**
+     * Removes a NodeView Renderer from the editor.
+     */
+    removeRenderer(id: string) {
+      const nextRenderers = { ...renderers };
 
-          delete nextRenderers[id];
+      delete nextRenderers[id];
+      renderers = nextRenderers;
+      subscribers.forEach((subscriber) => subscriber());
+    },
+  };
+}
 
-          return nextRenderers;
-        });
-      },
-    };
-    // Without queueMicrotask, custom IC / styles will give a React FlushSync error
-    queueMicrotask(() => {
-      props.editor._tiptapEditor.createNodeViews();
-    });
-    return () => {
-      props.editor._tiptapEditor.contentComponent = null;
-    };
-  }, [props.editor._tiptapEditor]);
+type ContentComponent = ReturnType<typeof getContentComponent>;
 
-  return (
-    <>
-      <Portals renderers={renderers} />
-      {props.children}
-    </>
+/**
+ * This component renders all of the editor's node views.
+ */
+export const Portals: React.FC<{ contentComponent: ContentComponent }> = ({
+  contentComponent,
+}) => {
+  // For performance reasons, we render the node view portals on state changes only
+  const renderers = useSyncExternalStore(
+    contentComponent.subscribe,
+    contentComponent.getSnapshot,
+    contentComponent.getServerSnapshot
   );
-}
+
+  // This allows us to directly render the portals without any additional wrapper
+  return <>{Object.values(renderers)}</>;
+};