# OpenPencil Next: Browser-Native Design Tool ## Vision A design tool where every element is real HTML/CSS rendered by a real browser engine. Not a Figma clone. Not a browser wrapper. A new kind of application built from WebKit's rendering primitives. ## Core Concept: Islands An **island** is an independent rendering context — its own DOM, styles, layout, and paint output. Components within an island share CSS context, compose via Shadow DOM, and have real parent-child relationships. Components on the infinite canvas that aren't composed together live in separate islands. ``` Infinite canvas │ ├── Island A ─ one Document, one render surface │ └── │ ├── │ └── │ ├── Island B ─ separate Document, separate surface │ └── │ ├── │ └── │ ├── Island C ─ standalone component │ └── (same component class, isolated context) │ ├── Island D ─ full page composition │ └── │ ├── (shares CSS with siblings here) │ ├── │ └──