static/app-strings.json

@@ -2319,5 +2319,7 @@
   "Your hub has blocked this content because it subscribes to the following blocking channel:": "Your hub has blocked this content because it subscribes to the following blocking channel:",
   "Your hub has blocked access to this content do to a complaint received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act.": "Your hub has blocked access to this content do to a complaint received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act.",
   "Autoplay Next is on.": "Autoplay Next is on.",
+  "This will be visible in a few minutes after you submit this form.": "This will be visible in a few minutes after you submit this form.",
+  "Anon --[used in <%anonymous% Reposted>]--": "Anon",
   "--end--": "--end--"
 }

ui/component/collectionEdit/view.jsx

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { isNameValid, regexInvalidURI } from 'util/lbryURI';
 import * as THUMBNAIL_STATUSES from 'constants/thumbnail_upload_statuses';
 import { Tabs, TabList, Tab, TabPanels, TabPanel } from 'component/common/tabs';
-import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
+import { FormField, FormFieldAreaAdvanced } from 'component/common/form';
 import { handleBidChange } from 'util/publish';
 import { FF_MAX_CHARS_IN_DESCRIPTION } from 'constants/form-field';
 import { INVALID_NAME_ERROR } from 'constants/claim';
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ function CollectionForm(props: Props) {
                           usePublishFormMode
                         />
                       </fieldset-section>
-                      <FormField
+                      <FormFieldAreaAdvanced
                         type="markdown"
                         name="content_description2"
                         label={__('Description')}

ui/component/comment/view.jsx

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import CommentBadge from 'component/common/comment-badge'; // have this?
 import ChannelThumbnail from 'component/channelThumbnail';
 import { Menu, MenuButton } from '@reach/menu-button';
 import Icon from 'component/common/icon';
-import { FormField, Form } from 'component/common/form';
+import { FormFieldAreaAdvanced, Form } from 'component/common/form';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import usePersistedState from 'effects/use-persisted-state';
 import CommentReactions from 'component/commentReactions';
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ function CommentView(props: Props) {
           <div>
             {isEditing ? (
               <Form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
-                <FormField
+                <FormFieldAreaAdvanced
                   className="comment__edit-input"
                   type={advancedEditor ? 'markdown' : 'textarea'}
                   name="editing_comment"

ui/component/commentCreate/comment-create-header.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// @flow
+import React from 'react';
+import SelectChannel from 'component/selectChannel';
+import Button from 'component/button';
+import * as ICONS from 'constants/icons';
+
+type Props = {
+  isReply: boolean,
+  advancedHandler: () => void,
+  advanced: boolean,
+};
+
+export default function CommentCreateHeader(props: Props) {
+  const { isReply, advancedHandler, advanced } = props;
+
+  return (
+    <div className="comment-create__header">
+      <div className="comment-create__label-wrapper">
+        <span className="comment-create__label">{(isReply ? __('Replying as') : __('Comment as')) + ' '}</span>
+        <SelectChannel tiny />
+      </div>
+      <div className="form-field__quick-action">
+        <Button
+          button="alt"
+          icon={advanced ? ICONS.SIMPLE_EDITOR : ICONS.ADVANCED_EDITOR}
+          onClick={advancedHandler}
+          aria-label={isReply ? undefined : advanced ? __('Simple Editor') : __('Advanced Editor')}
+        />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}

ui/component/commentCreate/view.jsx

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import 'scss/component/_comment-create.scss';
 
 import { buildValidSticker } from 'util/comments';
 import { FF_MAX_CHARS_IN_COMMENT } from 'constants/form-field';
-import { FormField, Form } from 'component/common/form';
+import { FormFieldAreaAdvanced, Form } from 'component/common/form';
 import { getChannelIdFromClaim } from 'util/claim';
 import { Lbryio } from 'lbryinc';
 import { useHistory } from 'react-router';
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import I18nMessage from 'component/i18nMessage';
 import Icon from 'component/common/icon';
 import OptimizedImage from 'component/optimizedImage';
 import React from 'react';
-import SelectChannel from 'component/selectChannel';
 import StickerSelector from './sticker-selector';
+import CommentCreateHeader from './comment-create-header';
 import type { ElementRef } from 'react';
 import UriIndicator from 'component/uriIndicator';
 import usePersistedState from 'effects/use-persisted-state';
@@ -409,7 +409,11 @@ export function CommentCreate(props: Props) {
           push(pathPlusRedirect);
         }}
       >
-        <FormField type="textarea" name={'comment_signup_prompt'} placeholder={__('Say something about this...')} />
+        <FormFieldAreaAdvanced
+          type="textarea"
+          name={'comment_signup_prompt'}
+          placeholder={__('Say something about this...')}
+        />
         <div className="section__actions--no-margin">
           <Button disabled button="primary" label={__('Post --[button to submit something]--')} />
         </div>
@@ -420,22 +424,22 @@ export function CommentCreate(props: Props) {
   return (
     <Form
       onSubmit={() => {}}
-      className={classnames('commentCreate', {
-        'commentCreate--reply': isReply,
-        'commentCreate--nestedReply': isNested,
-        'commentCreate--bottom': bottom,
+      className={classnames('comment-create', {
+        'comment-create--reply': isReply,
+        'comment-create--nestedReply': isNested,
+        'comment-create--bottom': bottom,
       })}
     >
       {/* Input Box/Preview Box */}
       {stickerSelector ? (
         <StickerSelector onSelect={(sticker) => handleSelectSticker(sticker)} claimIsMine={claimIsMine} />
       ) : isReviewingStickerComment && activeChannelClaim && selectedSticker ? (
-        <div className="commentCreate__stickerPreview">
-          <div className="commentCreate__stickerPreviewInfo">
+        <div className="comment-create__stickerPreview">
+          <div className="comment-create__stickerPreviewInfo">
             <ChannelThumbnail xsmall uri={activeChannelClaim.canonical_url} />
             <UriIndicator uri={activeChannelClaim.canonical_url} link />
           </div>
-          <div className="commentCreate__stickerPreviewImage">
+          <div className="comment-create__stickerPreviewImage">
             <OptimizedImage src={selectedSticker && selectedSticker.url} waitLoad loading="lazy" />
           </div>
           {/* figure out lbc sticker prices */}
@@ -447,15 +451,15 @@ export function CommentCreate(props: Props) {
           )}
         </div>
       ) : isReviewingSupportComment && activeChannelClaim ? (
-        <div className="commentCreate__supportCommentPreview">
+        <div className="comment-create__supportCommentPreview">
           <CreditAmount
             amount={tipAmount}
-            className="commentCreate__supportCommentPreviewAmount"
+            className="comment-create__supportCommentPreviewAmount"
             isFiat={activeTab === TAB_FIAT}
             size={activeTab === TAB_LBC ? 18 : 2}
           />
           <ChannelThumbnail xsmall uri={activeChannelClaim.canonical_url} />
-          <div className="commentCreate__supportCommentBody">
+          <div className="comment-create__supportCommentBody">
             <UriIndicator uri={activeChannelClaim.canonical_url} link />
             <div>{commentValue}</div>
           </div>
@@ -470,23 +474,22 @@ export function CommentCreate(props: Props) {
             />
           )}
 
-          <FormField
+          <FormFieldAreaAdvanced
             autoFocus={isReply}
             charCount={charCount}
             className={isReply ? 'content_reply' : 'content_comment'}
             disabled={isFetchingChannels}
-            label={
-              <div className="commentCreate__labelWrapper">
-                <span className="commentCreate__label">{(isReply ? __('Replying as') : __('Comment as')) + ' '}</span>
-                <SelectChannel tiny />
-              </div>
+            header={
+              <CommentCreateHeader
+                isReply={isReply}
+                advanced={advancedEditor}
+                advancedHandler={() => setAdvancedEditor(!advancedEditor)}
+              />
             }
             name={isReply ? 'content_reply' : 'content_description'}
-            quickActionLabel={isReply ? undefined : advancedEditor ? __('Simple Editor') : __('Advanced Editor')}
             ref={formFieldRef}
             onChange={handleCommentChange}
             openEmoteMenu={() => setShowEmotes(!showEmotes)}
-            quickActionHandler={() => setAdvancedEditor(!advancedEditor)}
             onFocus={onTextareaFocus}
             onBlur={onTextareaBlur}
             placeholder={__('Say something about this...')}
@@ -654,7 +657,7 @@ export function CommentCreate(props: Props) {
         {/* Help Text */}
         {deletedComment && <div className="error__text">{__('This comment has been deleted.')}</div>}
         {!!minAmount && (
-          <div className="help--notice commentCreate__minAmountNotice">
+          <div className="help--notice comment-create__minAmountNotice">
             <I18nMessage tokens={{ lbc: <CreditAmount noFormat amount={minAmount} /> }}>
               {minTip ? 'Comment min: %lbc%' : minSuper ? 'HyperChat min: %lbc%' : ''}
             </I18nMessage>

ui/component/common/form-components/form-field-area-advanced.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+// @flow
+import 'easymde/dist/easymde.min.css';
+import { FF_MAX_CHARS_DEFAULT } from 'constants/form-field';
+import { openEditorMenu, stopContextMenu } from 'util/context-menu';
+import * as ICONS from 'constants/icons';
+import Button from 'component/button';
+import MarkdownPreview from 'component/common/markdown-preview';
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOMServer from 'react-dom/server';
+import SimpleMDE from 'react-simplemde-editor';
+import TextareaWithSuggestions from 'component/textareaWithSuggestions';
+import type { ElementRef, Node } from 'react';
+
+type Props = {
+  autoFocus?: boolean,
+  blockWrap: boolean,
+  charCount?: number,
+  children?: React$Node,
+  disabled?: boolean,
+  helper?: string | React$Node,
+  hideSuggestions?: boolean,
+  isLivestream?: boolean,
+  label?: string | Node,
+  labelOnLeft: boolean,
+  name: string,
+  noEmojis?: boolean,
+  placeholder?: string | number,
+  quickActionLabel?: string,
+  textAreaMaxLength?: number,
+  type?: string,
+  value?: string | number,
+  onChange?: (any) => any,
+  openEmoteMenu?: () => void,
+  quickActionHandler?: (any) => any,
+  render?: () => React$Node,
+  header?: React$Node,
+};
+
+export class FormFieldAreaAdvanced extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
+  static defaultProps = { labelOnLeft: false, blockWrap: true };
+
+  input: { current: ElementRef<any> };
+
+  constructor(props: Props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.input = React.createRef();
+  }
+
+  componentDidMount() {
+    const { autoFocus } = this.props;
+    const input = this.input.current;
+
+    if (input && autoFocus) input.focus();
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const {
+      autoFocus,
+      blockWrap,
+      charCount,
+      children,
+      helper,
+      hideSuggestions,
+      isLivestream,
+      label,
+      header,
+      labelOnLeft,
+      name,
+      noEmojis,
+      quickActionLabel,
+      textAreaMaxLength,
+      type,
+      openEmoteMenu,
+      quickActionHandler,
+      render,
+      ...inputProps
+    } = this.props;
+
+    // Ideally, the character count should (and can) be appended to the
+    // SimpleMDE's "options::status" bar. However, I couldn't figure out how
+    // to pass the current value to it's callback, nor query the current
+    // text length from the callback. So, we'll use our own widget.
+    const hasCharCount = charCount !== undefined && charCount >= 0;
+    const countInfo = hasCharCount && textAreaMaxLength !== undefined && (
+      <span className="comment__char-count-mde">{`${charCount || '0'}/${textAreaMaxLength}`}</span>
+    );
+
+    const quickAction =
+      quickActionLabel && quickActionHandler ? (
+        <div className="form-field__quick-action">
+          <Button button="link" onClick={quickActionHandler} label={quickActionLabel} />
+        </div>
+      ) : null;
+
+    const input = () => {
+      switch (type) {
+        case 'markdown':
+          const handleEvents = { contextmenu: openEditorMenu };
+
+          const getInstance = (editor) => {
+            // SimpleMDE max char check
+            editor.codemirror.on('beforeChange', (instance, changes) => {
+              if (textAreaMaxLength && changes.update) {
+                var str = changes.text.join('\n');
+                var delta = str.length - (instance.indexFromPos(changes.to) - instance.indexFromPos(changes.from));
+
+                if (delta <= 0) return;
+
+                delta = instance.getValue().length + delta - textAreaMaxLength;
+                if (delta > 0) {
+                  str = str.substring(0, str.length - delta);
+                  changes.update(changes.from, changes.to, str.split('\n'));
+                }
+              }
+            });
+
+            // "Create Link (Ctrl-K)": highlight URL instead of label:
+            editor.codemirror.on('changes', (instance, changes) => {
+              try {
+                // Grab the last change from the buffered list. I assume the
+                // buffered one ('changes', instead of 'change') is more efficient,
+                // and that "Create Link" will always end up last in the list.
+                const lastChange = changes[changes.length - 1];
+                if (lastChange.origin === '+input') {
+                  // https://github.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/blob/8fa54c496f98621d5f45f57577ce630bee8c41ee/src/js/easymde.js#L765
+                  const EASYMDE_URL_PLACEHOLDER = '(https://)';
+
+                  // The URL placeholder is always placed last, so just look at the
+                  // last text in the array to also cover the multi-line case:
+                  const urlLineText = lastChange.text[lastChange.text.length - 1];
+
+                  if (urlLineText.endsWith(EASYMDE_URL_PLACEHOLDER) && urlLineText !== '[]' + EASYMDE_URL_PLACEHOLDER) {
+                    const from = lastChange.from;
+                    const to = lastChange.to;
+                    const isSelectionMultiline = lastChange.text.length > 1;
+                    const baseIndex = isSelectionMultiline ? 0 : from.ch;
+
+                    // Everything works fine for the [Ctrl-K] case, but for the
+                    // [Button] case, this handler happens before the original
+                    // code, thus our change got wiped out.
+                    // Add a small delay to handle that case.
+                    setTimeout(() => {
+                      instance.setSelection(
+                        { line: to.line, ch: baseIndex + urlLineText.lastIndexOf('(') + 1 },
+                        { line: to.line, ch: baseIndex + urlLineText.lastIndexOf(')') }
+                      );
+                    }, 25);
+                  }
+                }
+              } catch (e) {} // Do nothing (revert to original behavior)
+            });
+          };
+
+          return (
+            <div className="form-field--SimpleMDE" onContextMenu={stopContextMenu}>
+              <fieldset-section>
+                {!header && (
+                  <div className="form-field__two-column">
+                    <div>
+                      <label htmlFor={name}>{label}</label>
+                    </div>
+                    {quickAction}
+                  </div>
+                )}
+                {!!header && <div className="form-field__textarea-header">{header}</div>}
+                <SimpleMDE
+                  {...inputProps}
+                  id={name}
+                  type="textarea"
+                  events={handleEvents}
+                  getMdeInstance={getInstance}
+                  options={{
+                    spellChecker: true,
+                    hideIcons: ['heading', 'image', 'fullscreen', 'side-by-side'],
+                    previewRender(plainText) {
+                      const preview = <MarkdownPreview content={plainText} noDataStore />;
+                      return ReactDOMServer.renderToString(preview);
+                    },
+                  }}
+                />
+                {countInfo}
+              </fieldset-section>
+            </div>
+          );
+        case 'textarea':
+          return (
+            <fieldset-section>
+              {!header && (label || quickAction) && (
+                <div className="form-field__two-column">
+                  <label htmlFor={name}>{label}</label>
+                  {quickAction}
+                </div>
+              )}
+              {!!header && <div className="form-field__textarea-header">{header}</div>}
+              {hideSuggestions ? (
+                <textarea
+                  type={type}
+                  id={name}
+                  maxLength={textAreaMaxLength || FF_MAX_CHARS_DEFAULT}
+                  ref={this.input}
+                  {...inputProps}
+                />
+              ) : (
+                <TextareaWithSuggestions
+                  type={type}
+                  id={name}
+                  maxLength={textAreaMaxLength || FF_MAX_CHARS_DEFAULT}
+                  inputRef={this.input}
+                  isLivestream={isLivestream}
+                  {...inputProps}
+                />
+              )}
+
+              <div className="form-field__textarea-info">
+                {!noEmojis && openEmoteMenu && (
+                  <Button
+                    type="alt"
+                    className="button--file-action"
+                    title="Emotes"
+                    onClick={openEmoteMenu}
+                    icon={ICONS.EMOJI}
+                    iconSize={20}
+                  />
+                )}
+                {countInfo}
+              </div>
+            </fieldset-section>
+          );
+      }
+    };
+
+    return (
+      <>
+        {type && input()}
+        {helper && <div className="form-field__help">{helper}</div>}
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default FormFieldAreaAdvanced;

ui/component/common/form-components/form-field.jsx

@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 import 'easymde/dist/easymde.min.css';
 import { FF_MAX_CHARS_DEFAULT } from 'constants/form-field';
-import { openEditorMenu, stopContextMenu } from 'util/context-menu';
-import * as ICONS from 'constants/icons';
-import Button from 'component/button';
-import MarkdownPreview from 'component/common/markdown-preview';
 import React from 'react';
-import ReactDOMServer from 'react-dom/server';
-import SimpleMDE from 'react-simplemde-editor';
-import TextareaWithSuggestions from 'component/textareaWithSuggestions';
 import type { ElementRef, Node } from 'react';
 
 type Props = {
@@ -21,19 +14,15 @@ type Props = {
   disabled?: boolean,
   error?: string | boolean,
   helper?: string | React$Node,
-  hideSuggestions?: boolean,
   inputButton?: React$Node,
-  isLivestream?: boolean,
   label?: string | Node,
   labelOnLeft: boolean,
   max?: number,
   min?: number,
   name: string,
-  noEmojis?: boolean,
   placeholder?: string | number,
   postfix?: string,
   prefix?: string,
-  quickActionLabel?: string,
   range?: number,
   readOnly?: boolean,
   stretch?: boolean,
@@ -41,8 +30,6 @@ type Props = {
   type?: string,
   value?: string | number,
   onChange?: (any) => any,
-  openEmoteMenu?: () => void,
-  quickActionHandler?: (any) => any,
   render?: () => React$Node,
 };
 
@@ -72,21 +59,15 @@ export class FormField extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
       children,
       error,
       helper,
-      hideSuggestions,
       inputButton,
-      isLivestream,
       label,
       labelOnLeft,
       name,
-      noEmojis,
       postfix,
       prefix,
-      quickActionLabel,
       stretch,
       textAreaMaxLength,
       type,
-      openEmoteMenu,
-      quickActionHandler,
       render,
       ...inputProps
     } = this.props;
@@ -101,18 +82,10 @@ export class FormField extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
     const countInfo = hasCharCount && textAreaMaxLength !== undefined && (
       <span className="comment__char-count-mde">{`${charCount || '0'}/${textAreaMaxLength}`}</span>
     );
-
     const Wrapper = blockWrap
       ? ({ children: innerChildren }) => <fieldset-section class="radio">{innerChildren}</fieldset-section>
       : ({ children: innerChildren }) => <span className="radio">{innerChildren}</span>;
 
-    const quickAction =
-      quickActionLabel && quickActionHandler ? (
-        <div className="form-field__quick-action">
-          <Button button="link" onClick={quickActionHandler} label={quickActionLabel} />
-        </div>
-      ) : null;
-
     const inputSimple = (type: string) => (
       <>
         <input id={name} type={type} {...inputProps} />
@@ -143,133 +116,22 @@ export class FormField extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
           return inputSelect('');
         case 'select-tiny':
           return inputSelect('select--slim');
-        case 'markdown':
-          const handleEvents = { contextmenu: openEditorMenu };
-
-          const getInstance = (editor) => {
-            // SimpleMDE max char check
-            editor.codemirror.on('beforeChange', (instance, changes) => {
-              if (textAreaMaxLength && changes.update) {
-                var str = changes.text.join('\n');
-                var delta = str.length - (instance.indexFromPos(changes.to) - instance.indexFromPos(changes.from));
-
-                if (delta <= 0) return;
-
-                delta = instance.getValue().length + delta - textAreaMaxLength;
-                if (delta > 0) {
-                  str = str.substring(0, str.length - delta);
-                  changes.update(changes.from, changes.to, str.split('\n'));
-                }
-              }
-            });
-
-            // "Create Link (Ctrl-K)": highlight URL instead of label:
-            editor.codemirror.on('changes', (instance, changes) => {
-              try {
-                // Grab the last change from the buffered list. I assume the
-                // buffered one ('changes', instead of 'change') is more efficient,
-                // and that "Create Link" will always end up last in the list.
-                const lastChange = changes[changes.length - 1];
-                if (lastChange.origin === '+input') {
-                  // https://github.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/blob/8fa54c496f98621d5f45f57577ce630bee8c41ee/src/js/easymde.js#L765
-                  const EASYMDE_URL_PLACEHOLDER = '(https://)';
-
-                  // The URL placeholder is always placed last, so just look at the
-                  // last text in the array to also cover the multi-line case:
-                  const urlLineText = lastChange.text[lastChange.text.length - 1];
-
-                  if (urlLineText.endsWith(EASYMDE_URL_PLACEHOLDER) && urlLineText !== '[]' + EASYMDE_URL_PLACEHOLDER) {
-                    const from = lastChange.from;
-                    const to = lastChange.to;
-                    const isSelectionMultiline = lastChange.text.length > 1;
-                    const baseIndex = isSelectionMultiline ? 0 : from.ch;
-
-                    // Everything works fine for the [Ctrl-K] case, but for the
-                    // [Button] case, this handler happens before the original
-                    // code, thus our change got wiped out.
-                    // Add a small delay to handle that case.
-                    setTimeout(() => {
-                      instance.setSelection(
-                        { line: to.line, ch: baseIndex + urlLineText.lastIndexOf('(') + 1 },
-                        { line: to.line, ch: baseIndex + urlLineText.lastIndexOf(')') }
-                      );
-                    }, 25);
-                  }
-                }
-              } catch (e) {} // Do nothing (revert to original behavior)
-            });
-          };
-
-          return (
-            <div className="form-field--SimpleMDE" onContextMenu={stopContextMenu}>
-              <fieldset-section>
-                <div className="form-field__two-column">
-                  <div>
-                    <label htmlFor={name}>{label}</label>
-                  </div>
-                  {quickAction}
-                </div>
-                <SimpleMDE
-                  {...inputProps}
-                  id={name}
-                  type="textarea"
-                  events={handleEvents}
-                  getMdeInstance={getInstance}
-                  options={{
-                    spellChecker: true,
-                    hideIcons: ['heading', 'image', 'fullscreen', 'side-by-side'],
-                    previewRender(plainText) {
-                      const preview = <MarkdownPreview content={plainText} noDataStore />;
-                      return ReactDOMServer.renderToString(preview);
-                    },
-                  }}
-                />
-                {countInfo}
-              </fieldset-section>
-            </div>
-          );
         case 'textarea':
           return (
             <fieldset-section>
-              {(label || quickAction) && (
+              {label && (
                 <div className="form-field__two-column">
                   <label htmlFor={name}>{label}</label>
-                  {quickAction}
                 </div>
               )}
-
-              {hideSuggestions ? (
-                <textarea
-                  type={type}
-                  id={name}
-                  maxLength={textAreaMaxLength || FF_MAX_CHARS_DEFAULT}
-                  ref={this.input}
-                  {...inputProps}
-                />
-              ) : (
-                <TextareaWithSuggestions
-                  type={type}
-                  id={name}
-                  maxLength={textAreaMaxLength || FF_MAX_CHARS_DEFAULT}
-                  inputRef={this.input}
-                  isLivestream={isLivestream}
-                  {...inputProps}
-                />
-              )}
-
-              <div className="form-field__textarea-info">
-                {!noEmojis && openEmoteMenu && (
-                  <Button
-                    type="alt"
-                    className="button--comment-icons"
-                    title="Emotes"
-                    onClick={openEmoteMenu}
-                    icon={ICONS.EMOJI}
-                    iconSize={20}
-                  />
-                )}
-                {countInfo}
-              </div>
+              <textarea
+                type={type}
+                id={name}
+                maxLength={textAreaMaxLength || FF_MAX_CHARS_DEFAULT}
+                ref={this.input}
+                {...inputProps}
+              />
+              <div className="form-field__textarea-info">{countInfo}</div>
             </fieldset-section>
           );
         default:

ui/component/common/form.jsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export { Form } from './form-components/form';
 export { FormField } from './form-components/form-field';
+export { FormFieldAreaAdvanced } from './form-components/form-field-area-advanced';
 export { FormFieldPrice } from './form-components/form-field-price';
 export { Submit } from './form-components/submit';

ui/component/common/icon-custom.jsx

@@ -2054,4 +2054,15 @@ export const icons = {
       <path d="M12.5,23.24v-1A10.74,10.74,0,0,1,23.24,11.52" />
     </g>
   ),
+  [ICONS.SIMPLE_EDITOR]: buildIcon(
+    <g>
+      <path d="M1 18V6c0-1 1-2 2-2h18c1 0 2 1 2 2v12c0 1-1 2-2 2H3c-1 0-2-1-2-2ZM5 7v4" />
+    </g>
+  ),
+  [ICONS.ADVANCED_EDITOR]: buildIcon(
+    <g>
+      <path d="M1 20V4c0-1 1-2 2-2h18c1 0 2 1 2 2v16c0 1-1 2-2 2H3c-1 0-2-1-2-2ZM1 11h22" />
+      <path d="M5 8V6h2v2H5ZM11 8V6h2v2h-2ZM17 8V6h2v2h-2ZM5 14v4" />
+    </g>
+  ),
 };

ui/component/postEditor/view.jsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
-import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
+import { FormFieldAreaAdvanced } from 'component/common/form';
 
 type Props = {
   uri: ?string,
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function PostEditor(props: Props) {
   ]);
 
   return (
-    <FormField
+    <FormFieldAreaAdvanced
       type={'markdown'}
       name="content_post"
       label={label}

ui/component/publishDescription/view.jsx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 import { FF_MAX_CHARS_IN_DESCRIPTION } from 'constants/form-field';
 import React from 'react';
-import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
+import { FormFieldAreaAdvanced } from 'component/common/form';
 import usePersistedState from 'effects/use-persisted-state';
 import Card from 'component/common/card';
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function PublishDescription(props: Props) {
   return (
     <Card
       actions={
-        <FormField
+        <FormFieldAreaAdvanced
           type={advancedEditor ? 'markdown' : 'textarea'}
           name="content_description"
           label={__('Description')}

ui/constants/icons.js

@@ -186,3 +186,5 @@ export const MYSTERIES = 'Mysteries';
 export const TECHNOLOGY = 'Technology';
 export const EMOJI = 'Emoji';
 export const STICKER = 'Sticker';
+export const SIMPLE_EDITOR = 'SimpleEditor';
+export const ADVANCED_EDITOR = 'AdvancedEditor';

ui/page/report/view.jsx

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class ReportPage extends React.Component {
                   name="message"
                   stretch
                   value={this.state.message}
-                  onChange={event => {
+                  onChange={(event) => {
                     this.onMessageChange(event);
                   }}
                   placeholder={__('Description of your issue or feature request')}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class ReportPage extends React.Component {
                 <div className="section__actions">
                   <Button
                     button="primary"
-                    onClick={event => {
+                    onClick={(event) => {
                       this.submitMessage(event);
                     }}
                     className={`button-block button-primary ${this.state.submitting ? 'disabled' : ''}`}

ui/scss/component/_card.scss

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         margin: 0px var(--spacing-xxs);
       }
 
-      .button + .commentCreate {
+      .button + .comment-create {
         margin-top: var(--spacing-xxs);
       }
     }

ui/scss/component/_comment-create.scss

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $thumbnailWidthSmall: 1rem;
   position: relative;
 }
 
-.commentCreate {
+.comment-create {
   font-size: var(--font-small);
   position: relative;
 
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@ $thumbnailWidthSmall: 1rem;
   }
 }
 
-.commentCreate--reply {
+.comment-create--reply {
   margin-top: var(--spacing-m);
   position: relative;
 }
 
-.commentCreate--nestedReply {
+.comment-create--nestedReply {
   margin-top: var(--spacing-s);
   margin-left: calc((#{$thumbnailWidthSmall} + var(--spacing-xs)) * 2 + var(--spacing-m) + 4px);
 
@@ -149,27 +149,40 @@ $thumbnailWidthSmall: 1rem;
   }
 }
 
-.commentCreate--bottom {
+.comment-create--bottom {
   padding-bottom: 0;
 }
 
+.comment-create__header {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  align-items: flex-end;
+  .comment-create__header-button {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+  }
+
+  .button--alt {
+    padding: var(--spacing-xs);
+    height: unset;
+    margin-bottom: var(--spacing-xxs);
+    background: unset;
+  }
+}
+
 .comment-create__label-wrapper {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: row;
   justify-content: flex-start;
   align-items: baseline;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
-  width: 100%;
+  max-width: 50%;
 
   .comment-create__label {
     white-space: nowrap;
     margin-right: var(--spacing-xs);
   }
 
-  fieldset-section {
-    max-width: 10rem;
-  }
-
   @media (max-width: $breakpoint-small) {
     fieldset-section {
       font-size: var(--font-xxsmall);
@@ -179,14 +192,14 @@ $thumbnailWidthSmall: 1rem;
       font-size: var(--font-xxsmall);
     }
 
-    select {
-      height: 1rem;
-      margin: var(--spacing-xxs) 0px;
-    }
+    //select {
+    //  height: 1rem;
+    //  margin: var(--spacing-xxs) 0px;
+    //}
   }
 }
 
-.commentCreate__supportCommentPreview {
+.comment-create__supportCommentPreview {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
@@ -194,7 +207,7 @@ $thumbnailWidthSmall: 1rem;
   padding: var(--spacing-s);
   margin: var(--spacing-s) 0;
 
-  .commentCreate__supportCommentPreviewAmount {
+  .comment-create__supportCommentPreviewAmount {
     margin-right: var(--spacing-m);
     font-size: var(--font-large);
   }
@@ -223,8 +236,8 @@ $thumbnailWidthSmall: 1rem;
   }
 }
 
-.commentCreate__stickerPreview {
-  @extend .commentCreate;
+.comment-create__stickerPreview {
+  @extend .comment-create;
   display: flex;
   background-color: var(--color-header-background);
   border-radius: var(--border-radius);
@@ -234,12 +247,12 @@ $thumbnailWidthSmall: 1rem;
   width: 100%;
   height: 10rem;
 
-  .commentCreate__stickerPreviewInfo {
+  .comment-create__stickerPreviewInfo {
     display: flex;
     align-items: flex-start;
   }
 
-  .commentCreate__stickerPreviewImage {
+  .comment-create__stickerPreviewImage {
     width: 100%;
     height: 100%;
     margin-left: var(--spacing-m);

ui/scss/component/_form-field.scss

@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ select,
     background-color: var(--color-secondary);
   }
 }
-
+textarea {
+  height: var(--height-input);
+  border-radius: var(--border-radius);
+  color: var(--color-input);
+  background-color: var(--color-input-bg);
+}
 @media (min-width: $breakpoint-small) {
   textarea {
     height: var(--height-input);
@@ -532,6 +537,7 @@ fieldset-group {
 }
 
 .form-field__quick-action {
+  text-align: right;
   font-size: var(--font-xsmall);
 }
 

ui/scss/component/_notification.scss

@@ -32,13 +32,17 @@ $contentMaxWidth: 60rem;
       }
     }
 
-    .commentCreate {
+    .comment-create {
       border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border);
       padding-top: var(--spacing-s);
 
-      .commentCreate__label {
+      .comment-create__label {
         color: var(--color-text);
       }
+      .comment-create__header {
+        display: grid;
+        grid-template-columns: 3fr 1fr;
+      }
       textarea,
       select,
       .button:not(.button--file-action) {
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ $contentMaxWidth: 60rem;
     }
   }
 
-  .commentCreate,
+  .comment-create,
   .comment__content {
     margin: var(--spacing-m);
     margin-bottom: 0;

ui/scss/component/_textarea-suggestions.scss

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
   border-radius: 0 !important;
 }
 
-.card__main-actions .commentCreate .MuiOutlinedInput-notchedOutline {
+.card__main-actions .comment-create .MuiOutlinedInput-notchedOutline {
   border: 1px solid var(--color-border) !important;
   border-radius: var(--border-radius) !important;
 }
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
     textarea {
       border: none;
-      margin: 9px 0px;
+      padding: var(--spacing-xxs) var(--spacing-xxs);
     }
 
     button {
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
   }
 
   @media (max-width: $breakpoint-small) {
-    .commentCreate {
+    .comment-create {
       .section__actions {
         .button {
           background-color: var(--color-header-button);