[Epic] RTE on EX

[langleyd]

Open questions

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1. Do we support Markdown in plain text mode? (yes, plain text mode is in scope)
2. Explore how to improve the integration of the Rich Text Editor vector-im/element-x-android#85
   A-Rich-Text-Editor T-Enhancement +2

Size estimate

• 0x S
• 4x M
• 0x L

Scope

User Stories

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1. [Prep] Get RTE SDK ready for integration in EX vector-im/element-meta#1935
   8 of 8
   App: ElementX Android App: ElementX iOS T-Prep Team: Element X Feature +4
   
2. [Story] RTE Rich text mode on EX vector-im/element-meta#1937
   10 of 10
   A-Rich-Text-Editor App: ElementX Android App: ElementX iOS T-User Story Team: Element X Feature X-Needs-Signoff +6
   
3. [Story] Add/edit/delete a link using the RTE in EX vector-im/element-meta#1975
   2 of 2
   A-Rich-Text-Editor App: ElementX Android App: ElementX iOS T-User Story Team: Element X Feature X-Needs-Signoff +6
   
4. [Story] RTE Plain/Markdown text mode on EX vector-im/element-meta#1936
   3 of 3
   A-Rich-Text-Editor App: ElementX Android App: ElementX iOS T-User Story Team: Element X Feature X-Needs-Signoff +6
   
5. [Story] RTE full screen mode in EX vector-im/element-meta#1973
   2 of 2
   A-Rich-Text-Editor App: ElementX Android App: ElementX iOS T-User Story Team: Element X Feature X-Needs-Signoff +6
   

Bugs / polish

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1. Markdown output contains unnecessary escape characters matrix-org/matrix-rich-text-editor#799
   A-Rich-Text-Editor +1
   
2. [Android] Fix performance issue in recomposition matrix-org/matrix-rich-text-editor#798
   Android +1
3. [Design review] Improve rich text editor UI vector-im/element-x-android#1315
   12 of 12
   A-Rich-Text-Editor T-Enhancement Team: Element X Feature X-Needs-Signoff +4
   
4. [Design review] Improve rich text editor UI vector-im/element-x-ios#1702
   5 of 5
   A-Rich-Text-Editor T-Enhancement Team: Element X Feature X-Needs-Signoff +4
   
5. Editing multi-line message creates extra new lines vector-im/element-x-android#1259
   A-Composer A-Rich-Text-Editor O-Frequent S-Minor T-Defect Team: Element X Feature X-Needs-Rust Z-Schedule +8
   
6. RTE ignores span formatting if you start a bullet list, and formatting buttons get out of sync vector-im/element-x-ios#1672
   A-Rich-Text-Editor T-Defect +2
   
7. RTE: In multiline mode, positioning the cursor the end of the penultimate line teleports it into an impossible location at the end of the final line. vector-im/element-x-ios#1674
   A-Composer A-Rich-Text-Editor O-Uncommon S-Major T-Defect Team: Element X Feature Z-Labs Z-Schedule +8
8. Use of <p> to represent line breaks in message output matrix-org/matrix-rich-text-editor#832
   A-Rich-Text-Editor T-Enhancement +2
   
9. Rich text bubbles have massive paragraph breaks when authored with RTE. vector-im/element-x-ios#1673
   A-Rich-Text-Editor O-Occasional S-Minor T-Defect Team: Element X Feature Z-Labs +6
10. Displaying the formatting buttons for RTE is very unintuitive. vector-im/element-x-ios#1671
    A-Rich-Text-Editor T-Defect X-Needs-Design +3
11. Formatting buttons get squashed after typing a long message vector-im/element-x-android#1293
    A-Composer A-Rich-Text-Editor O-Occasional S-Minor T-Defect Team: Element X Feature +6

Out of scope

• Mentions/Slash Commands

Terminology

• RTE: Rich Text Editor
• Plain text mode: The editor when the formatting options are disabled (which also supports Markdown).
• Rich text mode: The editor when the formatting options are enabled (regardless of whether shown) that shows the formatting directly (WYSIWYG - "What you see is what you get") in the editor

References

• Times sheeting: Element X

[kittykat]

We are happy with the implementation for now, we need to fix the two outstanding issues after the October release as part of the polish on HTML handling