2d:null 2e:["$","title",null,{"children":"Editor: Reactive Userspace Cell Mutator | Tom Larkworthy | Observable"}] 33:T431,# Editor: Reactive Userspace Cell Mutator [YouTube explainer](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6FjeJRBC2iw) A cell that edits the source of other cells. It is implemented in userspace as a normal cell, so it follows exported notebooks, so exported notebooks become editable! It pairs particularly well with the [single file export](https://observablehq.com/@tomlarkworthy/exporter), because edits are also exported, so you can permanently save your works in a format that continues to be editable and exportable indefinitely. It works offline too! The editor is able to edit _any_ cell in the runtime, including those in dependancies. Import it into a notebook and then evaluate `viewof editor` ```js import {viewof editor} from '@tomlarkworthy/cell-editor' ``` There is a minimal example of the exporter + editor setup [here](https://observablehq.com/@tomlarkworthy/editable-exports) #### Use cases - Edit notebooks offline - Try things out without committing to them - Improved debugging workflow, as you can insert `debugger` expressions to dependancies on-demand. 34:T4aa,viewof editor = { console.log("rebuilding editor mutable editor_state", mutable editor_state); pull_jobs; const combined = view`

${["module", reversibleAttach(combine, viewof module)]}

${["cell", reversibleAttach(combine, viewof named_cell)]} ${["remove_variables", reversibleAttach(combine, viewof remove)]} ${["apply", reversibleAttach(combine, viewof apply)]}

${["editor", reversibleAttach(combine, viewof code_editor)]}

${["log", reversibleAttach(combine, viewof log)]}

`; combined.addEventListener("mouseup", (event) => {}); combined.addEventListener("click", (evt) => { evt.stopPropagation(); }); return combined; }35:T4e0,viewof named_cell = { cells.set("", []); const entries = [...cells.entries()]; const prior = mutable editor_state.last_cell && entries.find((cell) => cell[1][0] === mutable editor_state.last_cell[1][0]); // Also allow clicking to select cell const clickHandler = (evt) => { if (document.body.classList.contains("picking") && evt.isTrusted) { const div = evt.target.closest(".observablehq"); viewof picked_dom.value = div; viewof picked_dom.dispatchEvent(new Event("input")); const entry = divToCell(entries, div); if (entry && entry._module) { if (entry._module !== module.module) { viewof module.value = moduleOptions.find( (m) => m.module == entry._module ); viewof module.dispatchEvent(new Event("input")); } } else { select.value = entry; select.dispatchEvent(new Event("input")); } } }; document.body.addEventListener("click", clickHandler); invalidation.then(() => document.body.removeEventListener("click", clickHandler) ); const select = Inputs.select(entries, { //label: "cell", value: prior, nonce: refresh, format: (v) => v[0] }); return select; }36:T550,compile_and_update = (source, named_cell) => { viewof log.value = ""; const cell = named_cell[1]; try { let reposition = false, insertionIndex = -1; const newVariables = compile(source); if (!cell || cell.length !== newVariables.length) { reposition = true; cell.forEach((v) => v.delete()); for (let i = 0; i < newVariables.length; i++) { const newVariable = main.variable({}); cell.push(newVariable); } } if (reposition) { insertionIndex = [...runtime._variables].findIndex( (v) => v == mutable editor_state.last_selected_variable[1].at(-1) ) + 1; } newVariables.forEach((v, i) => { const variable = cell[i]; let _fn; eval("_fn = " + v._definition); if (v._name) { variable.define(v._name, v._inputs, _fn); } else { variable.define(v._inputs, _fn); } if (reposition) repositionSetElement(runtime._variables, variable, insertionIndex + i); }); mutable editor_state.last_cell = named_cell; mutable editor_state.last_module = module.name; console.log("compile_and_update: mutable editor_state", mutable editor_state); viewof refresh.dispatchEvent(new Event("input")); return named_cell; } catch (e) { viewof log.value = e.toString(); debugger; } }37:[{"id":"8d937d556d4cdaf134bf5ad4e30b8730e495766c84118ca3b4cb8c7c1b1e5b57eefe890fc67301d44323e4641fd30a61463361ce4c9e319ef6b8b1777b391f4b","href":"https://static.observableusercontent.com/files/8d937d556d4cdaf134bf5ad4e30b8730e495766c84118ca3b4cb8c7c1b1e5b57eefe890fc67301d44323e4641fd30a61463361ce4c9e319ef6b8b1777b391f4b","name":"observablejs@1.es.js.gz","type":"application/gzip","lastModified":1733437643302.228,"size":11668}] 31:{"id":"28f8c7a27c25783f","slug":"editor","title":"Editor: Reactive Userspace Cell 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Update","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":364,"value":"$36","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":1960,"value":"### Remove Cells","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":1952,"value":"remove_variables = (variables) => {\n variables.forEach((v) => v.delete());\n viewof refresh.dispatchEvent(new Event(\"input\"));\n}","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":405,"value":"### Runtime Representation","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":434,"value":"viewof variable = Inputs.radio(named_cell[1], {\n label: \"variable in 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