Buttons for MD formatting

[umputun]

Having a typical toolbar for the comment composer can be helpful. Something like the one we see on github or gitlab

[Mavrin]

Could we use a more user-friendly editor. Of course, it’s a good idea to limit the formatting options for the end user. It seems to me, it will a good solution, if the mark will use something looks like https://prosemirror.net/examples/markdown/. What do you think about it?

[Mavrin]

Oh, I see, you use server render for preview. And client render is not appreciated solution for that case.

[umputun]

• Currently, we do the server-side rendering for preview. With such editor, it could be a non-trivial task to keep preview and WYSIWYM in full sync
• It is unclear to me how much this thing extendable for functionality we need, like image drag-drop, counts and limits
• I'm not even sure if rich formatting for comments is a thing. I think 90% of users expecting a place to write a plain text, and maybe another 10% may want to drop a picture.

[Mavrin]

I suggest using WYSIWYG as your default editor.
I see problem only with your first point.
The second point possible solve by plugin https://prosemirror.net/examples/upload/ (drag-drop can be add)
Prosemirror generate pure plain text (try switch radio button between markdown and WYSIWYM in exapmle). If we are going add formatting button, why we should show intermediate view for user.

[Mavrin]

Whatever, it is not simple add synced server and client render. And it is good idea add simple button for textarea.