nextcloud / nextcloud/text

The "Start writing" prompt is unnecessarily distracting, IMO

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

The prompt "Start writing, or try..." was useful to introduce '/' and '@', but once the user is familiar with those primitives, I personally find this prompt annoying.

Describe the solution you'd like

I suggest Text behaves like any other editor, showing a "boring" cursor and that's it... :-)

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Research direction

Search the codebase for the exact text "Start writing, or try..." and inspect the editor entry point that renders it. Confirm the prompt is the behavior described in the issue; done means the editor shows only a normal cursor instead of that prompt.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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