To begin, clone the tiptap-templates repository from GitHub using the following command:

git clone [email protected]:ueberdosis/tiptap-templates.git

This command clones the entire repository, providing access to all the Tiptap templates currently available. The block editor template is located in templates/next-block-editor-app.

Proceed with the following steps:

# Duplicate the example environment file and adjust the necessary settings in the .env file
# Ensure the inclusion of your Tiptap cloud token and application IDs in the .env file
cp .env.example .env

# Install project dependencies
npm install

# Launch the development server
npm run dev

# Access the application at http://localhost:3000

The BlockEditor template is a fully functional Next.js application, akin to Notion or Dropbox Paper, suitable as a foundation for your projects or as a base for a custom editor.

Key features of the template include:

• A Next.js setup with TypeScript
• A basic Tailwind setup for styling
• Pre-configured links to Tiptap Cloud for collaboration and data persistence.
• A Block Editor with a basic set of nodes and marks but also more advanced features like
  • Drag & Drop via a DragHandle
  • A fleshed out menu bar for text editing and formatting
  • Link editing
  • mocked image uploading that can be hooked up to your backend

You can either start a fresh project from this editor or copy over the editor or parts you need to your own projects. Make sure to check out the Tiptap documentation for more information on how to use Tiptap.

The template is structured as a Next.js app with a few additional folders and files:

• components Includes all React components used in the app
  • BlockEditor the wrapping BlockEditor setup component
  • menus a set of menus used in the editor (for example Link, Text and DragHandle menus)
  • panels popover menus used in menu bars for example the Colorpicker or Link editor
  • Sidebar the sidebar component
  • TableOfContents the table of contents component used for navigation
  • ui general reusable UI components used across the application
• context A place to put React contexts that are used in the app
• extensions Includes all Tiptap extensions used in the app including their NodeViews and logic parts
• hooks Including general hooks used for app and editor setup
• lib Includes helper functions
• styles Includes global CSS styles with Tailwind to setup richtext styling