Ghost/apps/comments-ui
Kevin Ansfield 0ac587e94a
Refactored comments-ui form management (#21621)
ref https://linear.app/ghost/issue/PLG-230
closes https://linear.app/ghost/issue/PLG-256

Adding an in-reply-to reference link/snippet to reply forms was proving difficult with the previous setup due the amount of data that needed to be passed up and down a deeply nested component tree. This refactor lays the groundwork for making that easier and aims to make form autoclose behaviour more centralised by keeping the open form state in app context and the opening/closing of forms in actions so there's less need for messy local state and to drill functions down the component tree.

- replaces `openFormCount` context state with an `openCommentForms` array
  - keeping detailed open form references in the application state means the display of forms is centrally managed rather than managed via local state inside components
  - it simplifies some of the problems faced with the `<PublishedComment>` component that previously managed form display. That component is re-used for both the top-level comment as well as replies even though replying on a reply puts the top-level comment into reply mode meaning we had a mess of local state and passed-through functions to work around the component having varying behaviour depending on nesting level
  - `openFormCount` is still available on the application state via `useMemo` on the provider meaning the implementation of `openCommentForms` is hidden from app code that just needs to know if forms are open
- removes `<AutocloseForm>` as the autoclose behaviour is now controlled via the `openCommentForm` action
- updated `<Form>` so it manages the "has unsaved changes" properties on `openFormComments` ready for use by `openCommentForm`'s autoclosing behaviour
2024-11-14 18:26:23 +00:00
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src Refactored comments-ui form management (#21621) 2024-11-14 18:26:23 +00:00
test Refactored comments-ui form management (#21621) 2024-11-14 18:26:23 +00:00
.env Added custom build setup 2022-07-04 15:15:01 +02:00
.eslintrc.js Extended translations beta to comments (#17801) 2023-08-24 10:33:03 +02:00
.yarnrc Prevented git tags from being created for apps 2023-07-10 13:09:28 +02:00
LICENSE Migrated from Webpack to Vite and updated dependencies 2023-06-21 15:28:01 +02:00
package.json Bumped Comments-UI to 0.21.8 2024-11-05 10:55:50 +00:00
playwright.config.ts Refactored comments-ui form management (#21621) 2024-11-14 18:26:23 +00:00
postcss.config.cjs Migrated Comments-UI to TypeScript (#17129) 2023-06-27 14:51:37 +02:00
README.md Updated README of Comments UI with release instructions (#20560) 2024-07-08 16:15:23 +00:00
tailwind.config.js Added Comments Sorting UI (#21375) 2024-10-24 19:01:14 +09:00
tsconfig.json Converted Comments-UI App to TypeScript and React hooks (#17760) 2023-08-18 13:30:59 +00:00
tsconfig.node.json Migrated Comments-UI to TypeScript (#17129) 2023-06-27 14:51:37 +02:00
vite.config.ts Added Dev Container setup (#21279) 2024-10-24 11:15:08 -07:00

Comments UI

Comments widget that is embedded at the bottom of posts in Ghost.

Development

Pre-requisites

  • Run yarn in Ghost monorepo root

Running via Ghost yarn dev in root folder

You can automatically start the comments dev server when developing Ghost by running Ghost (in root folder) via yarn dev --all or yarn dev --comments. This will host the comments JavaScript files, and makes sure that Ghost uses these locally hosted assets instead of the ones from the CDN.

Release

A patch release can be rolled out instantly in production, whereas a minor/major release requires the Ghost monorepo to be updated and released. In either case, you need sufficient permissions to release @tryghost packages on NPM.

Patch release

  1. Run yarn ship and select a patch version when prompted
  2. (Optional) Clear JsDelivr cache to get the new version out instantly (docs). Typically, you'll need to open https://purge.jsdelivr.net/ghost/comments-ui@~${COMMENTS_UI_VERSION}/umd/comments-ui.min.js and https://purge.jsdelivr.net/ghost/comments-ui@~${COMMENTS_UI_VERSION}/umd/main.css in your browser, where COMMENTS_UI_VERSION is the latest minor version in ghost/core/core/shared/config/defaults.json (code)

Minor / major release

  1. Run yarn ship and select a minor or major version when prompted
  2. Update the Comments UI version in ghost/core/core/shared/config/defaults.json to the new minor or major version (code)
  3. Wait until a new version of Ghost is released

Copyright & License

Copyright (c) 2013-2024 Ghost Foundation - Released under the MIT license.