allow passing html strings to setContent

packages/tiptap/src/components/editor.js

@@ -255,10 +255,25 @@ export default {
 			})
 		},
 
+		getDocFromContent(content) {
+			if (typeof content === 'object') {
+				return this.schema.nodeFromJSON(content)
+			}
+
+			if (typeof content === 'string') {
+				const element = document.createElement('div')
+				element.innerHTML = content.trim()
+
+				return DOMParser.fromSchema(this.schema).parse(element)
+			}
+
+			return false
+		},
+
 		setContent(content = {}, emitUpdate = false) {
 			this.state = EditorState.create({
 				schema: this.state.schema,
-				doc: this.schema.nodeFromJSON(content),
+				doc: this.getDocFromContent(content),
 				plugins: this.state.plugins,
 			})