leafbuilder
An authoring tool for creating dynamic documents
The leaf repo is a standalone rendering framework, this repo is for constructing those leaves.
Development
This repository relies on other repositories. To pull those in, you will need to run the famous:
git submodule update --init --recursive
Also run:
npm install
gulp (assuming gulp is installed npm install -g gulp)
There is no server required. Simply open index.html.
Todos (these todos are a mix of both this repo and the bare Leaf repo)
- layout engine formalization. Starting with 'Document' layout engine type (ongoing task)
- customization menu for layout engines (for instance, line height, paragraph spacing, for Document)
- data persistence (perhaps Firebase for start, data should be exposed though and leafbuilder should be consumed by a CMS like application)
- alert parent layers upon child layer edits to resize the them
- similarly, reposition toolbox on element edits to account for resizes
- ability to set custom layout box widths/height (if appropriate, aka Document only requires width)
- element picker prompt (to find and input elements)
- generalize element instantiation (research web components, html imports, etc)
- custom implementation of copy and paste to allow for elements to be copied and moved around
- batch edits into historical items
- a history which allows users to revert changes
- a 'Canvas' layout engine, with absolute positioning
- copy paste history toolbox
- abandon Medium Editor for a more robust custom editing engine for 'Document' layouts
- consider using iframes for shadow dom fallback
- ability to "Pull request" changes into existing leaf pages (data model merges)
- allow for creation of template elements