Insert text or image in table programmatically in Angular Document editor component

4 Apr 20233 minutes to read

Using Document editor API’s, you can insert text or image in table programmatically based on your requirement.

Use selection API’s to navigate between rows and cells.

The following example illustrates how to create 2*2 table and then add text and image programmatically.

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://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/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 the table in cursor position
    this.container.documentEditor.editor.insertTable(2, 2);
    // To insert the image at table first cell
    this.container.documentEditor.editor.insertImage(
      'data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAHElEQVQI12P4    //8/w38GIAXDIBKE0DHxgljNBAAO9TXL0Y4OHwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='
    );
    // To move the cursor to next cell
    this.moveCursorToNextCell();
    // To insert the image at table second cell
    this.container.documentEditor.editor.insertImage(
      'data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAHElEQVQI12P4    //8/w38GIAXDIBKE0DHxgljNBAAO9TXL0Y4OHwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='
    );
    // To move the cursor to next row
    this.moveCursorToNextRow();
    // To insert text in cursor position
    this.container.documentEditor.editor.insertText('Text');
    // To move the cursor to next cell
    this.moveCursorToNextCell();
    // To insert text in cursor position
    this.container.documentEditor.editor.insertText('Text');
  }
  moveCursorToNextCell() {
  // To get current selection start offset
  var startOffset = container.documentEditor.selection.startOffset;
  var offSet = startOffset.split(';');
  // Increasing cell index to consider next cell
  var cellIndex = parseInt(offSet[3]) + 1;

  offSet[3] = cellIndex.toString();
  // Changing start offset
  startOffset = offSet.join(';');
  // Navigating selection using select method
  this.container.documentEditor.selection.select(startOffset, startOffset);
 }

 moveCursorToNextRow() {
  // To get current selection start offset
  var startOffset = container.documentEditor.selection.startOffset;
  var offSet = startOffset.split(';');
  // Increasing row index to consider next row
  var rowIndex = parseInt(offSet[2]) + 1;
  offSet[2] = rowIndex.toString();
  var cellIndex =  0;
  offSet[3] = cellIndex.toString();
  // Changing start offset
  startOffset = startOffset = offSet.join(';');
  // Navigating selection using select method
  this.container.documentEditor.selection.select(startOffset, startOffset);
 }

}

The output will be like below.
Insert text or image in table programmatically