How to get the selected content in Document Editor component

5 Apr 20225 minutes to read

You can get the selected content from the React Document Editor component as plain text and SFDT (rich text).

Get the selected content as plain text

You can use text API to get the selected content as plain text from React Document Editor component.

<div class="control-section">
    <ejs-documenteditorcontainer id="container" serviceUrl="/api/DocumentEditor/" enableToolbar=true created="onCreated" height="590px"></ejs-documenteditorcontainer>
</div>

<script>
    var documenteditor;
    var container;
    function onCreated() {
        var documenteditorElement = document.getElementById("container");
        container = documenteditorElement.ej2_instances[0];
        documenteditor = container.documentEditor;
        // creating Custom Options
        let menuItems = [
            {
              text: 'Search In Google',
              id: 'search_in_google',
              iconCss: 'e-icons e-de-ctnr-find',
            },
        ];
        // adding Custom Options
        container.documentEditor.contextMenu.addCustomMenu(menuItems, false);
        // custom Options Select Event
        container.documentEditor.customContextMenuSelect =function (args){
          // custom Options Functionality
          let id = container.documentEditor.element.id;
          switch (args.id) {
            case id + 'search_in_google':
              // To get the selected content as plain text
              let searchContent =
                container.documentEditor.selection.text;
              if (!container.documentEditor.selection.isEmpty &&
                /\S/.test(searchContent)) {
                window.open('http://google.com/search?q=' + searchContent);
              }
              break;
          }
        };
    }
</script>

You can add the following custom options using this API,

  • Save or export the selected text as text file.
  • Search the selected text in Google or other search engines.
  • Show synonyms for the selected word in context menu and replace with selected synonym using the setter method of same API.

Get the selected content as SFDT (rich text)

You can use sfdt API to get the selected content as plain text from React Document Editor component.

<ejs-documenteditorcontainer id="container" serviceUrl="/api/DocumentEditor/" enableToolbar=true created="onCreated" height="590px"></ejs-documenteditorcontainer>

<script>
    var documenteditor;
    var container;
    function onCreated() {
        var documenteditorElement = document.getElementById("container");
        container = documenteditorElement.ej2_instances[0];
        documenteditor = container.documentEditor;
        // To insert text in cursor position
        container.documentEditor.editor.insertText('Document editor');
        // To select all the content in document
        container.documentEditor.selection.selectAll();
        // Insert bookmark to selected content
        container.documentEditor.editor.insertBookmark('Bookmark1');
        //Select the bookmark
        container.documentEditor.selection.selectBookmark('Bookmark1');
        // To get the selected content as sfdt
        let selectedContent = container.documentEditor.selection.sfdt;
        // Insert the sfdt content in cursor position using paste API
        container.documentEditor.editor.paste(selectedContent);
    }
</script>

You can add the following custom options using this API,

  • Save or export the selected content as SFDT file.
  • Get the content of a bookmark in Word document as SFDT by selecting a bookmark using selectbookmark API.
  • Create template content that can be inserted to multiple documents in cursor position using paste API.