This PR restores the controlled nature of focus. Focus allows keyboard
shortcuts and other interactions to occur. The editor's focus should
always / entirely be controlled via the autoFocus prop or by manually
setting `editor.instanceState.isFocused`.
Design note: I'm starting to think that focus is the wrong abstraction,
and that we should instead use a kind of "disabled" state for editors
that the user isn't interacting with directly. In a page where multiple
editors exit (e.g. a notion page), a developer could switch from
disabled to enabled using a first interaction.
### Change Type
- [x] `patch` — Bug fix
### Test Plan
- [x] End to end tests
This PR prevents certain shapes from being edited while in readonly
mode. It adds `ShapeUtil.canEditInReadOnly` to allow developers to opt
in to editing shapes. It's currently applied only to embed shapes.
### Change Type
- [x] `major`
### Test Plan
1. In a readonly mode, try to edit text / sticky notes / arrow labels
via double click / enter. You should not be able to edit them.
2. Try to edit an embed. You should be able to edit it.
### Release Notes
- Prevent editing text shapes in readonly mode.
This PR fixes some cases where, if a member function (like `onEnter`)
was not an arrow function, it would not run.
### Change Type
- [x] `patch` — Bug fix
This PR makes it so that user preferences can be in a 'null' state,
where we use the default values and/or infer from the system
preferences.
Before this PR it was impossible to allow a user to change their locale
via their system config rather than selecting an explicit value in the
tldraw editor menu. Similarly, it was impossible to adapt to changes in
the user's system preferences for dark/light mode.
That's because we saved the full user preference values the first time
the user loaded tldraw, and the only way for them to change after that
is by saving new values.
After this PR, if a value is `null` we will use the 'default' version of
it, which can be inferred based on the user's system preferences in the
case of dark mode, locale, and animation speed. Then if the user changes
their system config and refreshes the page their changes should be
picked up by tldraw where they previously wouldn't have been.
Dark mode inference is opt-in by setting a prop `inferDarkMode: true` on
the `Editor` instance (and the `<Tldraw />` components), because we
don't want it to be a surprise for existing library users.
### Change Type
- [ ] `patch` — Bug fix
- [ ] `minor` — New feature
- [x] `major` — Breaking change
[^1]: publishes a `patch` release, for devDependencies use `internal`
[^2]: will not publish a new version
This PR fixes the text label placement for geo shapes. (It also fixes
the way an ellipse renders when set to dash or dotted).
There's still the slightest offset of the text label's outline when you
begin editing. Maybe we should keep the indicator instead?
### Change Type
- [x] `patch` — Bug fix
### Test Plan
Create a hexagon shape
hit enter to type
indicator is offset, text label is no longer offset
---------
Co-authored-by: David Sheldrick <d.j.sheldrick@gmail.com>
Currently, the highlighter shape uses a single 0-width line for its
geometry, same as the draw tool. For the draw tool this works ok - the
visual line is thin enough that unless you zoom right in, it's hard to
find areas where the hover should trigger but isn't. As the highlighter
tool is much thicker though, it's relatively easy to find those areas.
The fix is for the geometry to represent the line including its thick
stroke, instead of at 0-width. There are two possible approaches here:
1. Update the polyline geometry to allow passing a stroke width.
2. Instead of a polyline, make the highlighter shape be a polygon that
traces _around_ the stroke
1 is the more accurate approach, but is hard to fit into our geometry
system. Our geometry is based around two primitives: `getVertices` which
returns an array of points around the shape, and `nearestPoint` which
returns the nearest point on the geometry to a vector we pass in. We can
account for a stroke in `nearestPoint` pretty easily, including it in
`getVertices` is hard - we'd have to expand the vertices and handle line
join/caps etc. Just making the change in `nearestPoint` does fix the
issue here, but i'm not sure about the knock-on effect elsewhere and
don't really want to introduce 1-off hacks into the core geometry
system.
2 actually means addressing the same hard problem around outlining
strokes as 1, but it lets us do it in a more tightly-scoped one-off
change just to the highlighter shape, instead of trying to come up with
a generic solution for the whole geometry system. This is the approach
I've taken in this diff. We outline the stroke using perfect-freehand,
which works pretty well but produces inaccurate results at edge-cases,
particularly when a line rapidly changes direction:
I think that given this is scoped to just the highlighter shape and is
imo an improvement over the stroke issue from before, it's a reasonable
solution for now. If we want to in the future we could implement real
non-freehand-based outlining.
### Change Type
- [x] `patch` — Bug fix
### Test Plan
1. Create a highlight shape
2. Zoom in
3. Make sure you can interact with the shape at its edges instead of
right in the center
This PR adds the source items from a paste event to the data shared with
external content handlers. This allows developers to customize the way
certain content is handled.
For example, pasting text sometimes incudes additional clipboard items,
such as the HTML representation of that text. We wouldn't want to create
two shapes—one for the text and one for the HTML—so we still treat this
as a single text paste. The `registerExternalContentHandler` API allows
a developer to change how that text is handled, and the new `sources`
API will now allow the developer to take into consideration all of the
items that were on the clipboard.
### Change Type
- [x] `minor` — New feature
### Test Plan
1. Try the external content source example.
2. Paste text that includes HTML (e.g. from VS Code)
### Release Notes
- [editor / tldraw] add `sources` to `TLExternalContent`
This PR:
- adds `canSnap` as a property to handle and ignores snapping when
dragging a handle that does not have `canSnap` set to true. Arrows no
longer snap.
- adds `isLabel` to Geometry2d
- fixes selection on empty text labels
- fixes vertices / snapping for empty text labels
### Change Type
- [x] `minor` — New feature
### Test Plan
- [x] Unit Tests
Add `Store.migrateSnapshot`, another surface API alongside getSnapshot
and loadSnapshot.
### Change Type
- [x] `minor` — New feature
### Release Notes
- [editor] add `Store.migrateSnapshot`
This PR:
- adds a `snapshot` prop to the <Tldraw> component. It does basically
the same thing as calling `loadSnapshot` after creating the store, but
happens before the editor actually loads.
- adds a largeish example (including a JSON snapshot) to the examples
We have some very complex ways of juggling serialized data between
multiplayer, file formats, and the snapshot APIs. I'd like to see these
simplified, or at least for our documentation to reflect a narrow subset
of all the options available.
The most common questions seem to be:
Q: How do I serialize data?
A: Via the `Editor.getSnapshot()` method
Q: How do I restore serialized data?
A: Via the `Editor.loadSnapshot()` method OR via the `<Tldraw>`
component's `snapshot` prop
The store has an `initialData` constructor prop, however this is quite
complex as the store also requires a schema class instance with which to
migrate the data. In our components (<Tldraw> and <TldrawEditor>) we
were also accepting `initialData`, however we weren't accepting a
schema, and either way I think it's unrealistic to also expect users to
create schemas themselves and pass those in.
AFAIK the `initialData` prop is only used in the file loading, which is
a good example of how complex it looks like to create a schema and
migrate data outside of the components.
### Change Type
- [x] `minor` — New feature
This PR fixes zero width or height on Geometry2d bounds. It adds the
`zeroFix` helper to the `Box2d` class.
### Change Type
- [x] `patch` — Bug fix
### Test Plan
1. Create a straight line
2. Create a straight arrow that binds to the straight line
- [x] Unit Tests
### Release Notes
- Fix bug with straight lines / arrows
This PR fixes some creative use of CSS in setting the radius property of
various SVGs. While this use is supported in all browsers, it was
confusing CSS processors. Moving these out of CSS and into JavaScript
seems to be a pretty minor trade. Closes
https://github.com/tldraw/tldraw/issues/1775.
### Change Type
- [x] `patch` — Bug fix
### Test Plan
1. Ensure that borders and handles adjust their radii correctly when
zoomed in or out.
This PR updates the way that styles are changed. It splits `setStyle`
and `setOpacity` into `setStyleForNext Shape` and
`setOpacityForNextShape` and `setStyleForSelectedShapes` and
`setOpacityForSelectedShapes`. It fixes the issue with setting one style
re-setting other styles.
### Change Type
- [x] `major` — Breaking change
### Test Plan
1. Set styles when shapes are not selected.
2. Set styles when shapes are selected.
3. Set styles when shapes are selected and the selected tool is not
select.
- [x] Unit Tests
This PR includes further UX improvements to selection.
- clicking inside of a hollow shape will no longer select it on pointer
up
- clicking a shape's filled label will select it on pointer down
- clicking a shape's empty label will select it on pointer up
- clicking and dragging a selected arrow is now better limited to its
body, not its bounds
- arrows will no longer bind to labels
### Text labels
A big change here relates to text labels. Previously, we had listeners
set on the text label elements; I've removed these and we now check the
actual label bounds geometry for a hit. For geo shapes, this geometry is
now placed correctly based on the alignment / vertical alignment of the
label.
- Clicking on a label with text in it will select the shape on pointer
down.
- Clicking on an empty text label will select the shape on pointer up.
## Hollow shapes
Previously, shapes with `fill: none` were also being selected on pointer
up. I've removed that logic because it was producing wrong-feeling
selections too often. We now select these shapes only when clicking on
the label (as mentioned above) or when clicking on the edges of the
shape. This is in line with the original behavior (currently on
tldraw.com, prior to the earlier PR that updated selection logic).
## Arrows
Arrows still hit the inside of hollow shapes, using the "smallest
hovered" logic previously used for pointer-up selection on hollow
shapes. They also now correctly do so while ignoring text labels.
### Change Type
- [x] `minor` — New feature
### Test Plan
1. try selecting geo shapes, nested geo shapes, arrows and shapes with
labels or without labels
- [x] Unit Tests
This PR cleans up some APIs around the editor's current page state:
- `setEditingShapeId` -> `setEditingShape`
- `setHoveredShapeId` -> `setHoveredShape`
- `setCroppingShapeId` -> `setCroppingShape`
- `setFocusedGroupId` -> `setFocusedGroup`
- `setErasingShapeIds` -> `setErasingShapes`
- `setHintingShapeIds` -> `setHintingShapes`
It also adds some additional computed getters, e.g.
`Editor.croppingShape`.
It also adds some errors around `setCroppingShape`.
### Change Type
- [x] `major` — Breaking change
### Test Plan
- [x] Unit Tests
This PR:
- improves the logic for computing `renderingShapes`
- improves the handling of side effects related to cropping
We might use the same side effect logic to edit / re-edit shapes, though
this may be more complicated with inputs that steal focus.
### Change Type
- [x] `major` — Breaking change
### Test Plan
1. Crop an image
2. Change the crop
3. Stop cropping
4. Undo — you should be cropping again!
5. Undo until you're not cropping anymore
6. Redo until you're cropping again
7. etc.
- [x] Unit Tests
This PR fixes our page to screen conversion.
### Change Type
- [x] `patch` — Bug fix
### Test Plan
1. Drop an image onto the screen while the camera is panned and zoomed.
- [x] Unit Tests
This PR:
- adds history options to several commands in order to allow them to
support squashing and ephemeral data (previously, these commands had
boolean values for squashing / ephemeral)
It also:
- changes `markId` to return the editor instance rather than the mark id
passed into the command
- removes `focus` and `blur` commands
- changes `createPage` parameters
- unifies `animateShape` / `animateShapes` options
### Change Type
- [x] `major` — Breaking change
### Test Plan
- [x] Unit Tests
This PR:
- supports client configuration of the rendering bounds via
`Editor.renderingBoundsMargin`
- no longer culls selected shapes
- restores rendering shape tests accidentally removed in #1786
### Change Type
- [x] `patch` — Bug fix
### Test Plan
1. Select shapes, scroll quickly to see if they get culled
- [x] Unit Tests
### Release Notes
- [editor] add `Editor.renderingBoundsMargin`
This PR updates camera APIs:
- removes animateCamera
- adds animation support to setCamera
- makes camera commands accept points rather than an x/y
- `centerOnPoint`
- `pageToScreen`
- `screenToPoint`
- `pan`
- `setCamera`
- makes `zoomToBounds` accept a `Box2d` rather than x/y/w/h
- removes the `getBoundingClientRects` call from `getPointerInfo`
- removes the resize observer from `useScreenBounds`, uses an interval
instead when focused
A big (unexpected) improvement here is that `getBoundingClientRects` was
being called on every pointer move. This is a relatively expensive call
(it forces reflow) which could impact interactions. It's now called at
most once per second, and we could probably improve on that too if we
needed by only updating while in the select state.
### Change Type
- [x] `major` — Breaking change
### Test Plan
1. Try the multiple editors example after scrolling / resizing
2. Use the camera commands (zoom in, etc)
- [x] Unit Tests
### Release Notes
- (editor) improve camera commands
Reverts tldraw/tldraw#1778.
Fuzz testing picked up errors related to deleting pages and undo/redo
which may doom this PR.
### Change Type
- [x] `major` — Breaking change
This PR shrinks the commands API surface and adds a manager
(`CleanupManager`) for side effects.
### Change Type
- [x] `major` — Breaking change
### Test Plan
Use the app! Especially undo and redo. Our tests are passing but I've
found more cases where our coverage fails to catch issues.
### Release Notes
- tbd
This PR removes `Editor.selectionPageCenter` and moves its
implementation inline where used (in two places).
### Change Type
- [x] `major` — Breaking change
### Release Notes
- [dev] Removes `Editor.selectionPageCenter`
This PR fixes a bug introduced with #1751 where pointing the bounds of
rotated selections would not correctly hit the bounds background.
### Change Type
- [x] `patch` — Bug fix
### Test Plan
1. Create a rotated selection.
2. Point into the bounds background
- [x] Unit Tests
This PR is a significant rewrite of our selection / hit testing logic.
It
- replaces our current geometric helpers (`getBounds`, `getOutline`,
`hitTestPoint`, and `hitTestLineSegment`) with a new geometry API
- moves our hit testing entirely to JS using geometry
- improves selection logic, especially around editing shapes, groups and
frames
- fixes many minor selection bugs (e.g. shapes behind frames)
- removes hit-testing DOM elements from ShapeFill etc.
- adds many new tests around selection
- adds new tests around selection
- makes several superficial changes to surface editor APIs
This PR is hard to evaluate. The `selection-omnibus` test suite is
intended to describe all of the selection behavior, however all existing
tests are also either here preserved and passing or (in a few cases
around editing shapes) are modified to reflect the new behavior.
## Geometry
All `ShapeUtils` implement `getGeometry`, which returns a single
geometry primitive (`Geometry2d`). For example:
```ts
class BoxyShapeUtil {
getGeometry(shape: BoxyShape) {
return new Rectangle2d({
width: shape.props.width,
height: shape.props.height,
isFilled: true,
margin: shape.props.strokeWidth
})
}
}
```
This geometric primitive is used for all bounds calculation, hit
testing, intersection with arrows, etc.
There are several geometric primitives that extend `Geometry2d`:
- `Arc2d`
- `Circle2d`
- `CubicBezier2d`
- `CubicSpline2d`
- `Edge2d`
- `Ellipse2d`
- `Group2d`
- `Polygon2d`
- `Rectangle2d`
- `Stadium2d`
For shapes that have more complicated geometric representations, such as
an arrow with a label, the `Group2d` can accept other primitives as its
children.
## Hit testing
Previously, we did all hit testing via events set on shapes and other
elements. In this PR, I've replaced those hit tests with our own
calculation for hit tests in JavaScript. This removed the need for many
DOM elements, such as hit test area borders and fills which only existed
to trigger pointer events.
## Selection
We now support selecting "hollow" shapes by clicking inside of them.
This involves a lot of new logic but it should work intuitively. See
`Editor.getShapeAtPoint` for the (thoroughly commented) implementation.
every sunset is actually the sun hiding in fear and respect of tldraw's
quality of interactions
This PR also fixes several bugs with scribble selection, in particular
around the shift key modifier.
...as well as issues with labels and editing.
There are **over 100 new tests** for selection covering groups, frames,
brushing, scribbling, hovering, and editing. I'll add a few more before
I feel comfortable merging this PR.
## Arrow binding
Using the same "hollow shape" logic as selection, arrow binding is
significantly improved.
a thousand wise men could not improve on this
## Moving focus between editing shapes
Previously, this was handled in the `editing_shapes` state. This is
moved to `useEditableText`, and should generally be considered an
advanced implementation detail on a shape-by-shape basis. This addresses
a bug that I'd never noticed before, but which can be reproduced by
selecting an shape—but not focusing its input—while editing a different
shape. Previously, the new shape became the editing shape but its input
did not focus.
In this PR, you can select a shape by clicking on its edge or body, or
select its input to transfer editing / focus.
tldraw, glorious tldraw
### Change Type
- [x] `major` — Breaking change
### Test Plan
1. Erase shapes
2. Select shapes
3. Calculate their bounding boxes
- [ ] Unit Tests // todo
- [ ] End to end tests // todo
### Release Notes
- [editor] Remove `ShapeUtil.getBounds`, `ShapeUtil.getOutline`,
`ShapeUtil.hitTestPoint`, `ShapeUtil.hitTestLineSegment`
- [editor] Add `ShapeUtil.getGeometry`
- [editor] Add `Editor.getShapeGeometry`
This PR fixes a bug where dark mode would not immediately cause shapes
to update their colors. Previously, we got the current theme during
render but not in a way that hooked into the change. In this update, we
hook into the change. We also pass the change down to shape fills as
props rather than getting the theme from deeper down.
### Change Type
- [x] `patch`
### Test Plan
1. Use dark mode.
2. Switch colors
### Release Notes
- [fix] dark mode colors not updating
This PR is another grab bag:
- renames `readOnly` to `readonly` throughout editor
- fixes a regression related to focus and keyboard shortcuts
- adds a small outline for focused editors
### Change Type
- [x] `major`
### Test Plan
- [x] End to end tests
This PR removes several extraneous computed values from the editor. It
adds some silly instance state onto the instance state record and
unifies a few methods which were inconsistent. This is fit and finish
work 🧽
## Computed Values
In general, where once we had a getter and setter for `isBlahMode`,
which really masked either an `_isBlahMode` atom on the editor or
`instanceState.isBlahMode`, these are merged into `instanceState`; they
can be accessed / updated via `editor.instanceState` /
`editor.updateInstanceState`.
## tldraw select tool specific things
This PR also removes some tldraw specific state checks and creates new
component overrides to allow us to include them in tldraw/tldraw.
### Change Type
- [x] `major` — Breaking change
### Test Plan
- [x] Unit Tests
- [x] End to end tests
### Release Notes
- [tldraw] rename `useReadonly` to `useReadOnly`
- [editor] remove `Editor.isDarkMode`
- [editor] remove `Editor.isChangingStyle`
- [editor] remove `Editor.isCoarsePointer`
- [editor] remove `Editor.isDarkMode`
- [editor] remove `Editor.isFocused`
- [editor] remove `Editor.isGridMode`
- [editor] remove `Editor.isPenMode`
- [editor] remove `Editor.isReadOnly`
- [editor] remove `Editor.isSnapMode`
- [editor] remove `Editor.isToolLocked`
- [editor] remove `Editor.locale`
- [editor] rename `Editor.pageState` to `Editor.currentPageState`
- [editor] add `Editor.pageStates`
- [editor] add `Editor.setErasingIds`
- [editor] add `Editor.setEditingId`
- [editor] add several new component overrides
This PR moves code between our packages so that:
- @tldraw/editor is a “core” library with the engine and canvas but no
shapes, tools, or other things
- @tldraw/tldraw contains everything particular to the experience we’ve
built for tldraw
At first look, this might seem like a step away from customization and
configuration, however I believe it greatly increases the configuration
potential of the @tldraw/editor while also providing a more accurate
reflection of what configuration options actually exist for
@tldraw/tldraw.
## Library changes
@tldraw/editor re-exports its dependencies and @tldraw/tldraw re-exports
@tldraw/editor.
- users of @tldraw/editor WITHOUT @tldraw/tldraw should almost always
only import things from @tldraw/editor.
- users of @tldraw/tldraw should almost always only import things from
@tldraw/tldraw.
- @tldraw/polyfills is merged into @tldraw/editor
- @tldraw/indices is merged into @tldraw/editor
- @tldraw/primitives is merged mostly into @tldraw/editor, partially
into @tldraw/tldraw
- @tldraw/file-format is merged into @tldraw/tldraw
- @tldraw/ui is merged into @tldraw/tldraw
Many (many) utils and other code is moved from the editor to tldraw. For
example, embeds now are entirely an feature of @tldraw/tldraw. The only
big chunk of code left in core is related to arrow handling.
## API Changes
The editor can now be used without tldraw's assets. We load them in
@tldraw/tldraw instead, so feel free to use whatever fonts or images or
whatever that you like with the editor.
All tools and shapes (except for the `Group` shape) are moved to
@tldraw/tldraw. This includes the `select` tool.
You should use the editor with at least one tool, however, so you now
also need to send in an `initialState` prop to the Editor /
<TldrawEditor> component indicating which state the editor should begin
in.
The `components` prop now also accepts `SelectionForeground`.
The complex selection component that we use for tldraw is moved to
@tldraw/tldraw. The default component is quite basic but can easily be
replaced via the `components` prop. We pass down our tldraw-flavored
SelectionFg via `components`.
Likewise with the `Scribble` component: the `DefaultScribble` no longer
uses our freehand tech and is a simple path instead. We pass down the
tldraw-flavored scribble via `components`.
The `ExternalContentManager` (`Editor.externalContentManager`) is
removed and replaced with a mapping of types to handlers.
- Register new content handlers with
`Editor.registerExternalContentHandler`.
- Register new asset creation handlers (for files and URLs) with
`Editor.registerExternalAssetHandler`
### Change Type
- [x] `major` — Breaking change
### Test Plan
- [x] Unit Tests
- [x] End to end tests
### Release Notes
- [@tldraw/editor] lots, wip
- [@tldraw/ui] gone, merged to tldraw/tldraw
- [@tldraw/polyfills] gone, merged to tldraw/editor
- [@tldraw/primitives] gone, merged to tldraw/editor / tldraw/tldraw
- [@tldraw/indices] gone, merged to tldraw/editor
- [@tldraw/file-format] gone, merged to tldraw/tldraw
---------
Co-authored-by: alex <alex@dytry.ch>
### Change Type
- [x] `minor` — New feature
[^1]: publishes a `patch` release, for devDependencies use `internal`
[^2]: will not publish a new version
### Test Plan
1. Make some cloud shapes, try different sizes, colors, fills.
2. Export cloud shapes to images.
- [ ] Unit Tests
- [ ] End to end tests
### Release Notes
- Adds a cloud shape.
We'd like to make the @tldraw/editor layer more independent of specific
shapes. Unfortunately there are many places where shape types and
certain shape behavior is deeply embedded in the Editor. This PR begins
to refactor out dependencies between the editor library and shape utils.
It does this in two ways:
- removing shape utils from the arguments of `isShapeOfType`, replacing
with a generic
- removing shape utils from the arguments of `getShapeUtil`, replacing
with a generic
- moving custom arrow info cache out of the util and into the editor
class
- changing the a tool's `shapeType` to be a string instead of a shape
util
We're here trading type safety based on inferred types—"hey editor, give
me your instance of this shape util class"—for knowledge at the point of
call—"hey editor, give me a shape util class of this type; and trust me
it'll be an instance this shape util class". Likewise for shapes.
### A note on style
We haven't really established our conventions or style when it comes to
types, but I'm increasingly of the opinion that we should defer to the
point of call to narrow a type based on generics (keeping the types in
typescript land) rather than using arguments, which blur into JavaScript
land.
### Change Type
- [x] `major` — Breaking change
### Test Plan
- [x] Unit Tests
### Release Notes
- removes shape utils from the arguments of `isShapeOfType`, replacing
with a generic
- removes shape utils from the arguments of `getShapeUtil`, replacing
with a generic
- moves custom arrow info cache out of the util and into the editor
class
- changes the a tool's `shapeType` to be a string instead of a shape
util
🚨 Note 🚨
This PR has changed! See my [newer
comment](https://github.com/tldraw/tldraw/pull/1706#issuecomment-1623451709)
for what the PR does now.
This description is kept here to show the original intention of the PR.
---
This PR fixes the tsdocs formatting of `TldrawEditorProps`, so that they
appears on the docs site.
We have docs already written, but they weren't appearing. There are
probably others like this too.
### Change Type
- [x] `documentation` — Changes to the documentation only[^2]
[^1]: publishes a `patch` release, for devDependencies use `internal`
[^2]: will not publish a new version
### Test Plan
1. Navigate to `/gen/editor/TldrawEditorProps`
2. Make sure that that the parameters are listed out with descriptions.
- [ ] Unit Tests
- [ ] End to end tests
### Release Notes
- Docs: Fixed some missing docs for the TldrawEditor component.
This PR removes the `tool` parameter from the `defineShape` function.
It's an opinionated change that I think we should at the very least
consider.
## What's the context?
Currently, you can add **tools** (aka state nodes) to your state chart
in two different ways:
1. Passing them to the `<Tldraw>` component with the `tools` attribute.
2. As part of a shape definition's `tool` property, which you then pass
to the `<Tldraw>` component with the `shapes` attribute.
This is what (1) looks like:
```jsx
import { MyTool } from "./MyTool"
function Example() {
return <Tldraw tools={[MyTool]} />
}
```
This is what (2) looks like:
```jsx
import { MyTool } from "./MyTool"
import { MyShapeUtil, myShapeProps } from "./MyShape"
const MyShapeDefinition = defineShape("my-shape", {
util: MyShapeUtil,
props: myShapeProps,
tool: MyTool,
})
function Example() {
return <Tldraw shapes={[MyShapeDefinition]} />
}
```
Clearly, (1) is better for when you want to add *just a tool*, that
doesn't have an associated shape.
And (2) is better for when you want to add *both* a tool and an
associated shape.
## Why change it?
I think we should remove method (2). Because I think that it adds a few
complications.
#### Does it help?
I don't think that it helps to streamline the process of coupling shapes
and tools. You still need to remember to add your tool.
Seeing as `tool` is optional on the shape definition (rightly so), it
doesn't prompt you to do it.
#### What's easier to explain?
I think it's easier to just have to explain _one method_. It would take
longer to explain two methods, and it complicates the concepts involved.
Seeing as there's not a big benefit to one method over the other, the
added explanation wouldn't be a good trade-off.
#### What happens if I use both?
It's unclear to the user what would happen if they use both methods. Do
we know what the intended behaviour of this would be? I think this will
happen often.
```jsx
import { MyTool } from "./MyTool"
import { MyShapeUtil, myShapeProps } from "./MyShape"
const MyShapeDefinition = defineShape("my-shape", {
util: MyShapeUtil,
props: myShapeProps,
tool: MyTool,
})
function Example() {
return <Tldraw tools={[MyTool]} shapes={[MyShapeDefinition]} />
}
```
#### Does it fit my shape/tool?
Many shapes are coupled closely with one tool. But some shapes would
involve multiple tools. And some tools would involve multiple shapes.
For example, you might first add a tool and a shape that go nicely
together, so you use method (2). But two months later, you decide that
you want another tool to be able to make this shape too. Now you've
inserted your related tools in two different places, unless you
refactor.
Alternatively, you might want to add some more functionality to your
tool, so that it can make multiple types of shapes. Instead of
refactoring the existing shape, you want to create an entirely new
shape, to keep your new code separate. Should you add the `tool`
property to the new shape as well? What would happen if you did/didn't?
What happens if you later disable the original shape? Would you need to
move the `tool` property from there to the newer shape?
It would be a lot simpler to just have the tool in your list of tools,
instead of having them tangled up with shapes.
#### Plugins?
We've been considering moving towards some sort of 'plugins' system in
the future, that could collect together shapes, tools, and other stuff.
I think that a more complete concept of a 'plugin' would be the best
place to collect together shapes, and tools — not on the shape itself.
### Change Type
- [x] `major` — Breaking change
[^1]: publishes a `patch` release, for devDependencies use `internal`
[^2]: will not publish a new version
### Test Plan
1. Try using all of the app's tools, making sure they still work.
- [ ] Unit Tests
- [ ] End to end tests
### Release Notes
- [dev] Removed the `tool` property from `defineShape`
This PR:
- adds tests for shape reordering
- removes `Editor.getParentsMappedToChildren`
- removes `Editor.reorderShapes`
- moves reordering shapes code into its own file, outside of the editor
### Change Type
- [x] `major` — Breaking change (if you were using those APIs)
### Release Notes
- [api] removes `Editor.getParentsMappedToChildren`
- [api] removes `Editor.reorderShapes`
- [api] moves reordering shapes code into its own file, outside of the
editor
This PR fixes the editor sometimes incorrectly assuming that you're
using a coarse pointer in firefox. It's not a complete fix — it just
avoids some of the bigger issues with it. ie: It disables cursor chat.
To avoid the issue, we just assume that you have a fine pointer if
you're using firefox on desktop.
Eventually, we should do a more complete fix for this.
I QA'd this change on:
* Mac Firefox (no touch screen)
* Windows Firefox (touch screen)
* Android Firefox
### Change Type
- [x] `patch` — Bug fix
[^1]: publishes a `patch` release, for devDependencies use `internal`
[^2]: will not publish a new version
### Test Plan
1. Use firefox on desktop with a touch screen.
2. Check that you can still use cursor chat (when in a shared project).
- [ ] Unit Tests
- [ ] End to end tests
### Release Notes
- Fixed firefox not being able to use cursor chat when using a touch
screen on desktop.
This PR adds the `ScribbleManager` to the exports from `@tldraw/editor`.
### Change Type
- [x] `minor` — New feature
### Release Notes
- [@tldraw/tldraw] Export `ScribbleManager`
This PR adds a `meta` property to shapes and other records.
It adds it to:
- asset
- camera
- document
- instance
- instancePageState
- instancePresence
- page
- pointer
- rootShape
## Setting meta
This data can generally be added wherever you would normally update the
corresponding record.
An exception exists for shapes, which can be updated using a partial of
the `meta` in the same way that we update shapes with a partial of
`props`.
```ts
this.updateShapes([{
id: myShape.id,
type: "geo",
meta: {
nemesis: "steve",
special: true
}
])
```
## `Editor.getInitialMetaForShape`
The `Editor.getInitialMetaForShape` method is kind of a hack to set the
initial meta property for newly created shapes. You can set it
externally. Escape hatch!
### Change Type
- [x] `minor` — New feature
### Test Plan
todo
- [ ] Unit Tests (todo)
### Release Notes
- todo
This PR fixes an import in the custom shapes example. It also tweaks the
example to show how buttons and other interactive content should work.
### Change Type
- [x] `documentation`
This PR improves the types for the Store.
- renames `StoreSnapshot` to `SerializedStore`, which is the return type
of `Store.serialize`
- creates `StoreSnapshot` as a type for the return type of
`Store.getSnapshot` / the argument type for `Store.loadSnapshot`
- creates `TLStoreSnapshot` as the type used for the `TLStore`.
This came out of a session I had with a user. This should prevent
needing to import types from `@tldraw/store` directly.
### Change Type
- [x] `major` — Breaking change
### Test Plan
- [x] Unit Tests
### Release Notes
- [dev] Rename `StoreSnapshot` to `SerializedStore`
- [dev] Create new `StoreSnapshot` as type related to
`getSnapshot`/`loadSnapshot`
Adds some basic API docs for the new styles API.
### Change Type
- [x] `documentation` — Changes to the documentation only[^2]
### Test Plan
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### Release Notes
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Co-authored-by: Steve Ruiz <steveruizok@gmail.com>
