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[Markdoc field] Writing an unrecognized tag makes the entry uneditable [Error: document has unexpected children]
TL;DR: Being able to edit the raw file content from the CMS would solve a lot of issues.
Nothing prevents us to write a custom tag inside a Markdoc field, which arguably is a good thing! Except when we save the document and it errors out and becomes uneditable with the following error.
Unexpected error: Error: undefined:document has unexpected children
In my opinion, two features should be added to handle this gracefully. And even before that, only the corresponding field should display an error and not the whole document... And there should be a validation step preventing us from saving... But I guess this is planned already so I'll skip to improvement proposals.
1. The raw editing view
Make the current file and/or at least the document-like fields editable as raw content from the CMS. Of course we can edit the document manually from the cloned repo locally or even from Github but the goal of the CMS is to avoid that. If the team needs more arguments to be convinced, just tell me. For now I'll stop there assuming this is the obvious direction the project is taking.
Note that IMO implementing a raw file editing experience would (temporarily) "fix" a whole lot of issues allowing us to work around bugs or lacking features, especially while the project matures!
Feature wise, we could have a toggle to switch between the normal view and the "raw view". The raw view would display the whole content of the file in a "code friendly" editable area (ideally with code highlighting).
UI wise, the toggle could be an icon at the top, near the "save" button.
Bonus idea: Why not use this toggle to allow users to switch between different entryLayout options by themselves. I would love to be able to switch between "form" and "content" from the CMS. And we could add "raw" as a third option.
Please tell me if I should open another issue to focus on this feature request.
2. Loosen the strictness of the content allowed in document-like fields
Maybe have a strict flag we can turn off somewhere in the field config to not error out on unknown tags and simply display them as text when the engine encounters one then.
When I encountered this issue, my first instinct was to look for a way to use the fields.ignored on my tag name but I don't think this is possible on components (?). And anyway, it would still be a half solution.
