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Editor 1: Markdown with live preview

A Markdown editor with live preview: a toolbar and shortcuts that wrap the selection, a preview built from safe elements, word count and reading time, and autosave that says Saved, Saving, Unsaved changes or Not saved with Retry.

State

The normal view. Pick a state to see what the block shows while it loads, is empty or fails.

Open in v0 (opens in a new tab)

Installation

$ pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @ballmac/editor-1

Usage

Example: editor-1-demo.tsx
"use client"

import { Editor1 } from "@/components/ballmac/blocks/editor-1/editor-1"

export default function Editor1Demo() {
  return <Editor1 />
}

States

Pass state and the block does the rest: skeletons that match its layout, a clear empty message, an error you can retry, and announcements for screen readers.

  • Loading

    A skeleton toolbar and page under the real heading, announced as loading.

    state="loading"
  • Could not load

    An alert saying nothing was changed, with Try again (onRetry). A save that fails shows Not saved with Retry and keeps the text.

    state="error"

Quality scorecard

8/8

Every applicable check passes

Measured in Chromium 153.0.8010.12 on October 19, 2026, on version 1.0.0, across 5 examples.

How we measure
  • Passed: Accessibility scan

    No serious or critical issues in light and dark, on a phone and a desktop (axe-core 4.13.0, WCAG 2.1 AA and best-practice rules).

  • Passed: Small screens

    No sideways scrolling at 360, 390 or 1280 px wide.

  • Passed: Reduced motion

    Every endless animation stops when the visitor asks for less motion.

  • Passed: Right to left

    Mirrors correctly in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Urdu layouts (5% of elements off the mirror, limit 15%).

  • Passed: Clean console

    No console errors or React hydration errors while loading.

  • Passed: Keyboard

    31 tab stops, each showing a visible change when it takes focus. 3 documented keys.

  • Passed: Loading, empty and error

    Ships loading, error states, each with an example.

  • Passed: Automated tests

    Covered by editor-1.test.tsx.

  • For information: Footprint

    4.8 KB of source (gzip) in 1 file. Installs lucide-react.

Automated checks find a subset of problems and do not replace testing with a screen reader and a keyboard in your own app. What they miss.

Dependencies

Use with AI

A Markdown editor. <Editor1 title defaultValue autosaveMs={1200} onSave={(value) => Promise} onChange={(value) => ...} defaultTab='write' | 'preview' />. Supports headings (1 to 3), bold, italic, inline code, links (http, https, mailto only), bulleted and numbered lists, quotes and rules. Ctrl or Command with B, I, K format and S saves now. Saving happens autosaveMs after the last keystroke; reject onSave to show Not saved with Retry. The preview never uses dangerouslySetInnerHTML. With the shadcn MCP server set up (guide), ask your agent:

Add the Ballmac UI Editor 1: Markdown with live preview (@ballmac/editor-1) to this project with the shadcn MCP, then use it where it fits.

Use it for

  • Notes, docs, release notes and posts written in Markdown
  • A comment or message composer that needs formatting

Not for

  • A full rich text editor with tables and images
  • A short single-line field (use input)

Registry JSON: https://ui.ballmac.com/r/editor-1.json

Free to use in personal and commercial projects.

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