feat(content-preview): render markdown comparison panes (PREVIEW-1982) by zhirongwang · Pull Request #4883 · box/box-ui-elements

zhirongwang · 2026-10-05T20:17:45Z

Summary

Pass comparison props (fileVersionId, isComparing, isComparedPreview) into renderCustomPreview so hosts can tell the current pane from the compared pane (PREVIEW-1982).
Stop clearing renderCustomPreview on the compared pane, so HTML and Markdown render the selected version instead of falling through to Preview.
The compared pane sets isComparedPreview. The main pane still sets isComparing and leaves the version id empty so the host shows the current file.

Used by preview-client side-by-side comparison for HTML and Markdown. Banner ownership stays out of this change.

https://jira.inside-box.net/browse/PREVIEW-1982

Test plan

Compare a markdown file: left pane is the current version, right pane is the selected version, and both render markdown.
Compare an HTML file the same way.
Compare a PDF or image and confirm the existing Preview path is unchanged.
Confirm annotations stay off on the compared pane.

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- Custom preview renderers now receive the selected file version and can be used in compared previews, including for Markdown and other file types.

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Compared panes can use the supplied custom preview renderer. The renderer receives the file version ID for the version shown. Tests cover preview loading and rendering for compared Markdown and PDF files.

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Compared-pane custom rendering

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Compared renderer selection and props `src/elements/content-preview/ContentPreview.js`, `src/elements/content-preview/CustomPreviewWrapper.js`, `src/elements/content-preview/__tests__/ContentPreview.test.js`	ContentPreview no longer removes `renderCustomPreview` from the compared-preview instance. CustomPreviewWrapper passes the selected `fileVersionId` to the custom renderer. Tests cover preview loading and rendering for compared Markdown and PDF files.

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Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: abhishek1128

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b710c

Compared PDFs and images may lose their standard viewer, while custom renderers may receive a version ID for the main pane. Resolve both comparison behaviors before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 69b79

The change preserves existing credentials and built-in comparison restrictions, but historical content now reaches custom renderers. Their authorization, content isolation, read-only behavior, and asynchronous cleanup could not be verified, so the remaining risk is not minimal.

Retained concerns

Low · security · inferred: Historical-version rendering now depends on host custom-renderer controls. Built-in comparison restrictions remain, but they do not establish that the external renderer preserves content isolation, version authorization, or read-only behavior. No bypass or exploit is verified.

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Security Blast Radius

inferred — The newly reachable content is the selected historical version of the supplied file. The renderer receives the existing token and API host, not a newly elevated credential. Effective downstream data or write exposure depends on that token's permissions and the unavailable host implementation; cross-tenant access is not established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

observed — The wrapper forwards file/version identity to trusted host code without implementing authorization or content sanitization. Rendered output remains inside the existing ErrorBoundary, which is error containment rather than a security isolation boundary. Host enforcement for historical HTML and Markdown is unresolved.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

inferred — Version-keyed remounting provides local separation between compared versions, but it cannot establish cancellation or identity checks for host-owned asynchronous work. Security conclusions about stale content across file, token, failure, and unmount transitions therefore remain limited.

Hardening Proposals

proposed — Define a host integration acceptance contract for compared previews: authorize the file/version pair, preserve HTML and Markdown sanitization or isolation, prohibit comparison-pane writes, and cancel or reject stale loads after file, version, credential, or mount changes.

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                                                                    logger={logger}
                                                                    onPreviewError={this.onPreviewError}
                                                                    onPreviewLoad={this.onPreviewLoad}
+                                                                    fileVersionId={getProp(versionToPreview, 'id')}


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Keep the main pane on the current version during comparison.

When the caller supplies previewVersion, the main pane can pass its ID to the custom renderer during comparison. The renderer contract says the main pane must leave fileVersionId empty in this state.

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- fileVersionId={getProp(versionToPreview, 'id')} + fileVersionId={ + isComparing && !this.props.isComparedPreview + ? undefined + : getProp(versionToPreview, 'id') + }

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Restore the file-type guard for compared panes.

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-                                                                    fileVersionId={getProp(versionToPreview, 'id')}
+                                                                    fileVersionId={
+                                                                        isComparing && !this.props.isComparedPreview
+                                                                            ? undefined
+                                                                            : getProp(versionToPreview, 'id')
+                                                                    }

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