Table of Contents What is a Rich Text Editor? The Modern Rich Text Editor and Emerging Challenges How we Evaluated Rich Text Editors Why Tag1 Selected ProseMirror Conclusion Among all of the components commonly found in content management systems (CMSs) and typical editorial workflows, the rich text editor is perhaps the one that occupies the least amount of space but presents the most headaches due to its unique place in content architectures. From humble beginnings in discussion forums and the early days of the web and word processing, the rich text editor has since evolved into a diverse range of technologies that support a lengthening list of features and increasingly rich integrations. Recently, Tag1 embarked on an exploration of rich text editors to evaluate solutions for a Fortune 50 company with demanding requirements. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at what impact the choice of a rich text editor can have down the line, some characteristics of the modern rich text editor, and Tag1’s own evaluation process. In the end, we discuss some of the rationales behind Tag1’s choice of ProseMirror as a rich text editor and some of the requirements leading to a decision that can serve...