Get current word in Angular Document editor component

26 Jun 20243 minutes to read

You can get the current word or paragraph content from the Angular Document Editor component as plain text and SFDT (rich text).

Select and get the word in current cursor position

You can use selectCurrentWord API in selection module to select the current word at cursor position and use text API to get the selected content as plain text from Angular Document Editor component.

The following example code illustrates how to select and get the current word as plain text.

import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import {
  ToolbarService,
  DocumentEditorContainerComponent,
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-documenteditor';
@Component({
      selector: 'app-root',
      // specifies the template string for the DocumentEditorContainer component
      template: `<ejs-documenteditorcontainer #documenteditor_default serviceUrl="https://services.syncfusion.com/angular/production/api/documenteditor/" height="600px" style="display:block" [enableToolbar]=true (created)="onCreated()"> </ejs-documenteditorcontainer>`,
      providers: [ToolbarService],
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
  @ViewChild('documenteditor_default')
  public container: DocumentEditorContainerComponent;
  ngOnInit(): void {}
  onCreated() {
    // To insert text in cursor position
    this.container.documentEditor.editor.insertText('Document editor');
    // Move selection to previous character
    this.container.documentEditor.selection.moveToPreviousCharacter();
    // To select the current word in document
    this.container.documentEditor.selection.selectCurrentWord();

    // To get the selected content as text
    let selectedContent:string = this.container.documentEditor.selection.text;
  }
}

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Select and get the paragraph in current cursor position

You can use selectParagraph API in selection module to select the current paragraph at cursor position and use text API or sfdt API to get the selected content as plain text or SFDT from Angular Document Editor component.

The following example code illustrates how to select and get the current paragraph as SFDT.

import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import {
  ToolbarService,
  DocumentEditorContainerComponent,
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-documenteditor';
@Component({
      selector: 'app-root',
      // specifies the template string for the DocumentEditorContainer component
      template: `<ejs-documenteditorcontainer #documenteditor_default serviceUrl="https://services.syncfusion.com/angular/production/api/documenteditor/" height="600px" style="display:block" [enableToolbar]=true (created)="onCreated()"> </ejs-documenteditorcontainer>`,
      providers: [ToolbarService],
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
  @ViewChild('documenteditor_default')
  public container: DocumentEditorContainerComponent;
  ngOnInit(): void {}
  onCreated() {
    // To insert text in cursor position
    this.container.documentEditor.editor.insertText('Document editor');
    // To select the current paragraph in document
    this.container.documentEditor.selection.selectParagraph();

    // To get the selected content as SFDT
    let selectedContent: string = this.container.documentEditor.selection.sfdt;
  }
}