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Yjs Docs: Awareness and presence
Documents awareness information such as presence and cursor locations, unique user names and colors, and sharing ephemeral collaboration metadata separate from document content.
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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports
| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live cursors | Choose live cursors when users need immediate spatial awareness of other collaborators' current pointer, caret, selection, viewport, or focus inside the same shared surface. | Sending cursor data updates ephemeral awareness state with coordinate, target, viewport, selection, identity, color, timestamp, and visibility preference, not the saved document content. | Yjs documents awareness data such as presence, cursor locations, user names, and colors as ephemeral collaboration metadata. |
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- Live cursors vs presence vs comments vs mentions
Yjs documents awareness data such as presence, cursor locations, user names, and colors as collaboration metadata.
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