Components

MarkdownEditor

Beta

Compose Markdown with formatting, task lists, images, source editing, and application-owned uploads.

Composition

Markdown composition

Markdown strings stay application-owned. Supply onUploadImage to enable file paste and drop; use permanent image URLs.

<MarkdownEditor>
- <MarkdownEditorToolbar />
- <MarkdownEditorContent />
- <MarkdownEditorUploads />
</MarkdownEditor>

Installation

First install and activate one skin. Core deliberately contains no visual token defaults.

Use this command to install the component.

Registry command

npx shadcn@latest add https://control-ui.dev/r/markdown-editor.json

See registry manifest

Usage

"use client";

import { useState } from "react";

import { MarkdownEditor, MarkdownEditorContent } from "@/components/control-ui/markdown-editor";

import { MarkdownEditorToolbar, MarkdownEditorUploads } from "@/components/control-ui/markdown-editor/toolbar";

import type { MarkdownImageUploader } from "@/components/control-ui/markdown-editor/uploads";

export default function ProjectDescription({

initialMarkdown,

onChange,

uploadImage,

}: {

initialMarkdown: string;

onChange: (markdown: string) => void;

uploadImage: MarkdownImageUploader;

}) {

const [value, setValue] = useState(initialMarkdown);

return (

<MarkdownEditor

value={value}

onValueChange={(markdown) => {

setValue(markdown);

onChange(markdown);

}}

onUploadImage={uploadImage}

>

<MarkdownEditorToolbar />

<MarkdownEditorContent label="Project description" placeholder="Describe the project…" />

<MarkdownEditorUploads />

</MarkdownEditor>

);

}

Dependencies

Contextsrc/registry/sources/control-ui/markdown-editor/context.tsSupport

Extensionssrc/registry/sources/control-ui/markdown-editor/extensions.tsSupport

Formatting and imagessrc/registry/sources/control-ui/markdown-editor/toolbar.tsxSupport

Uploadssrc/registry/sources/control-ui/markdown-editor/uploads.tsSupport

Use image uploadssrc/registry/sources/control-ui/markdown-editor/use-image-uploads.tsSupport

Labelsrc/registry/sources/control-ui/ui/label.tsxSupport

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Raw code

Installed component source and support files

src/registry/sources/control-ui/markdown-editor.tsx

"use client";

import { Slice } from "@tiptap/pm/model";

import { EditorState } from "@tiptap/pm/state";

import { EditorContent, useEditor } from "@tiptap/react";

import { type ComponentProps, type CSSProperties, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";

import type { MarkdownEditorKnobStyle } from "@/components/control-ui/knob-contracts/markdown-editor-knobs";

import { cn } from "@/components/control-ui/lib/cn";

import { Textarea } from "@/components/control-ui/ui/textarea";

import { MarkdownEditorContext, useMarkdownEditor } from "./markdown-editor/context";

import { createMarkdownCodec, hasMarkdownContent, markdownExtensions, requiresMarkdownSource } from "./markdown-editor/extensions";

import type { MarkdownImageUploader } from "./markdown-editor/uploads";

import { useImageUploads } from "./markdown-editor/use-image-uploads";

export type MarkdownEditorStatus = { isEmpty: boolean; hasPendingUploads: boolean };

export type MarkdownEditorProps = Omit<ComponentProps<"div">, "defaultValue" | "onChange" | "style"> & {

value?: string;

defaultValue?: string;

onValueChange?: (markdown: string) => void;

disabled?: boolean;

onUploadImage?: MarkdownImageUploader;

maxImageBytes?: number;

onStatusChange?: (status: MarkdownEditorStatus) => void;

style?: CSSProperties & MarkdownEditorKnobStyle;

};

export function MarkdownEditor({

value,

defaultValue = "",

onValueChange,

disabled = false,

onUploadImage,

maxImageBytes = 10 * 1024 * 1024,

onStatusChange,

children,

className,

...props

}: MarkdownEditorProps) {

const [internalValue, setInternalValue] = useState(defaultValue);

const markdown = value ?? internalValue;

const [sourceMode, setSourceMode] = useState(false);

  const [contentAttributes, setContentAttributes] = useState<Record<string, string>>({ role: "textbox", "aria-multiline": "true" });

const [codec] = useState(createMarkdownCodec);

const sourceRequired = useMemo(() => requiresMarkdownSource(markdown, codec), [markdown, codec]);

const source = sourceMode || sourceRequired;

const lastValue = useRef(markdown);

const [extensions] = useState(markdownExtensions);

const handlers = useRef<{ upload: (files: File[], position?: number) => void; cancelAll: () => void } | null>(null);

function setMarkdown(next: string) {

lastValue.current = next;

setInternalValue(next);

onValueChange?.(next);

}

const editor = useEditor({

extensions,

immediatelyRender: false,

shouldRerenderOnTransaction: false,

content: sourceRequired ? "" : markdown,

contentType: "markdown",

editable: !disabled,

onUpdate: ({ editor: currentEditor }) => setMarkdown(currentEditor.getMarkdown()),

editorProps: {

attributes: contentAttributes,

handlePaste: (view, event) => {

if (disabled) return false;

const files = Array.from(event.clipboardData?.files ?? []);

if (onUploadImage && files.length > 0) {

event.preventDefault();

handlers.current?.upload(files);

return true;

}

const text = event.clipboardData?.getData("text/plain");

if (!text || event.clipboardData?.getData("text/html") || requiresMarkdownSource(text, codec)) return false;

const document = view.state.schema.nodeFromJSON(codec.parse(text));

event.preventDefault();

view.dispatch(view.state.tr.replaceSelection(Slice.maxOpen(document.content)).scrollIntoView());

return true;

},

handleDrop: (view, event, _slice, moved) => {

const files = Array.from(event.dataTransfer?.files ?? []);

if (moved || !onUploadImage || disabled || files.length === 0) return false;

event.preventDefault();

const position = view.posAtCoords({ left: event.clientX, top: event.clientY })?.pos;

handlers.current?.upload(files, position);

return true;

},

});

const imageUploads = useImageUploads(editor, onUploadImage, maxImageBytes);

useEffect(() => {

handlers.current = imageUploads;

});

useEffect(() => {

if (!editor) return;

editor.setEditable(!disabled, false);

}, [editor, disabled]);

useEffect(() => {

if (!editor) return;

const externalReset = lastValue.current !== markdown;

if (externalReset) handlers.current?.cancelAll();

if (source) {

lastValue.current = markdown;

return;

}

if (editor.getMarkdown() !== markdown) {

editor.commands.setContent(markdown, { contentType: "markdown", emitUpdate: false });

if (externalReset) {

        editor.view.updateState(EditorState.create({ schema: editor.schema, doc: editor.state.doc, plugins: editor.state.plugins }));

editor.view.dispatch(editor.state.tr);

}

lastValue.current = markdown;

}, [editor, markdown, source]);

const isEmpty = source ? markdown.trim() === "" : !hasMarkdownContent(codec.parse(markdown));

const hasPendingUploads = imageUploads.uploads.length > 0;

useEffect(() => {

onStatusChange?.({ isEmpty, hasPendingUploads });

}, [onStatusChange, isEmpty, hasPendingUploads]);

return (

<MarkdownEditorContext

value={{

editor,

disabled,

source,

markdown,

sourceRequired,

setSource: setSourceMode,

setMarkdown,

setContentAttributes,

canUpload: Boolean(onUploadImage),

...imageUploads,

}}

>

<div

data-control-ui="markdown-editor"

data-control-family="markdown-editor"

data-slot="root"

data-disabled={disabled ? "" : undefined}

className={cn("min-w-0", className)}

{...props}

>

{children}

</div>

</MarkdownEditorContext>

);

}

export type MarkdownEditorContentProps = {

label: string;

placeholder?: string;

autoFocus?: boolean;

className?: string;

};

export function MarkdownEditorContent({ label, placeholder, autoFocus = false, className }: MarkdownEditorContentProps) {

const { editor, disabled, source, sourceRequired, markdown, setMarkdown, setContentAttributes } = useMarkdownEditor();

useEffect(() => {

setContentAttributes({

role: "textbox",

"aria-multiline": "true",

"aria-label": label,

"aria-disabled": String(disabled),

"data-placeholder": placeholder ?? "",

});

}, [setContentAttributes, label, disabled, placeholder]);

useEffect(() => {

if (editor && autoFocus && !source && !disabled) editor.commands.focus("end");

}, [editor, autoFocus, source, disabled]);

if (source || !editor)

return (

      <div data-control-ui="markdown-editor" data-control-family="markdown-editor" data-slot="source" className={className}>

{sourceRequired ? (

          <p role="status">This content uses Markdown that is only available in source mode. Its source is preserved.</p>

) : null}

<Textarea

aria-label={label}

placeholder={placeholder}

value={markdown}

disabled={disabled || !editor}

onChange={(event) => setMarkdown(event.target.value)}

rows={5}

/>

</div>

);

return (

<EditorContent

editor={editor}

data-control-ui="markdown-editor"

data-control-family="markdown-editor"

data-slot="content"

className={className}

/>

);

}

Knobs

Typed custom properties the recipe paints with. Set one on the root — style, a utility class, or a skin — and every slot inherits it.

--cui-markdown-editor-* · 11 knobsHow the cascade resolves

--cui-markdown-editor-background<color>var(--background)

--cui-markdown-editor-foreground<color>var(--foreground)

--cui-markdown-editor-border-color<color>var(--border)

--cui-markdown-editor-radius<length-percentage>var(--radius-panel)

--cui-markdown-editor-padding<length>calc(var(--spacing) * 3)

--cui-markdown-editor-min-height<length>calc(var(--spacing) * 32)

--cui-markdown-editor-max-height<length>60dvh

--cui-markdown-editor-gap<length>calc(var(--spacing) * 3)

--cui-markdown-editor-muted-foreground<color>var(--muted-foreground)

--cui-markdown-editor-code-background<color>var(--muted)

--cui-markdown-editor-border-width<length>var(--control-rim-width)

--cui-label-* · 1 knobsHow the cascade resolves

--cui-label-root-foreground<color>var(--foreground)