How to build an online editor in Bubble

The simplest reliable way to build an online editor in Bubble is to use a Rich Text Editor plugin (Bubble’s built‑in rich text editor or a plugin like “Rich Text Editor by Bubble”) and store the edited content in your Bubble database using normal Create/Make changes to a thing workflows. You display the current content in the editor, let the user modify it, and save it on change or when they click Save. That’s the core pattern of an online editor in Bubble.

Core Building Blocks

You need three real Bubble elements: a Rich Text Input, a Text or HTML viewer to display results, and a Thing (e.g., “Document”) with a field “content” of type text. Bubble stores the editor content as text, so Bubble handles it safely with no special formatting work.

• Rich Text Input lets users type formatted content.
• Document (data type) stores the text in a field like “content”.
• Backend workflows are optional if you need autosave or version history.

How to Build It

Place a Rich Text Input on the page and set its Initial content to Parent group's Document's content. Add a Save button triggering a workflow: Make changes to thing → Document → content = Rich Text Input’s value. If you want autosave, add an event When input's value is changed and save the same way.

• Set privacy rules so only the document's owner can read/write.
• If multiple users edit, use Do every X seconds to fetch new content and avoid conflicts.

Optional Features

You can add version history by creating a new “Document Version” thing each time you autosave. For real‑time collaboration, Bubble doesn't natively sync keystrokes, but you can sync snapshots every few seconds using backend workflows triggered by autosave.

// Example payload from a backend API workflow saving content
{
  "document_id": "<document-id>",
  "content": "<p>Hello world</p>"
}