Storage

All user data and settings are stored within the browser on the user's local machine, so the server can be completely stateless.

The src/storage.js module wraps localStorage to provide persistent storage for the editor, or falls back to simple session storage if localStorage isn't available. The different pages use the storage as follows:

Search by Name and Search by Example

• Not used by default. But the reference implementation uses it when the Edit button is pressed to store the CSL style before opening the Visual Editor page.

Visual Editor

• The CSL style
• The example citations
• The state of the layout panes
• Experimental: you can set an alternative CSL schema on the [settings page] (https://github.com/citation-style-editor/csl-editor/blob/master/pages/settings.html)

Code Editor

• The CSL style
• The example citations

You can view and reset the current local storage from the settings page.