Adding a block of text or image

[epicfaace]

It would be nice to be able to add a "block" which contains a title / image / text / custom JSX. Kind of like how in Google forms, you can add these kinds of blocks.

Is there a way to specify this in the JSON Schema spec? Or perhaps we would need a modification in the UISchema?

[loganvolkers]

JSON Schema spec

There is nothing in the JSON schema spec that provides such capabilities for custom blocks.

One thing that I have seen done is providing Markdown support in the title and description fields, such as in the Open API Specification.

We have implemented this using a custom FieldTemplate property, but the easiest is via a Markdown-supported DescriptionField. See: https://react-jsonschema-form.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-customization/#custom-descriptions

Custom blocks

I'd rather see this provided as a plugin than as part of the core library. For example this can be done with custom spin on the ui:order property in object field templates.

I have done something similar here using just templating: https://codesandbox.io/s/0y7787xp0l

[epicfaace]

Thanks @loganvolkers , that makes sense -- and once #1152 is merged, it will be easier to create custom FieldTemplates for each description.

[heath-freenome]

With the 5.x implementation of the TitleFieldTemplate and DescriptionFieldTemplate adding Markdown should be very easy. Closing as this is a feature and a special use case that people can now easily implement themselves.