Form support

11 Mar 20226 minutes to read

This below sample demonstrate how to get the Rich Text Editor value in button click.

Render the Rich Text Editor

Render the Rich Text Editor in form as below.

<form id="myForm" class="form-vertical">
<div class="form-group">
<ejs-richtexteditor id="default" showCharCount="true" maxLength="100"></ejs-richtexteditor>
<div id="dateError" style="padding-top: 10px"></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center">
<button id="validateSubmit" class="samplebtn e-control e-btn" type="submit" data-ripple="true">Submit</button>
<button id="resetbtn" class="samplebtn e-control e-btn" type="reset" data-ripple="true">Reset</button>
</div>
</form>

Obtain the Value

Upon submitting the form, getValue method will be triggered. Through the FormData class, Rich Text Editor value obtained as below.

<div id="content" class="box-form" style="margin: 0 auto; width:750px; padding:25px">

    <form id="form-element" class="form-vertical">
        <div class="form-group">
            <ejs-richtexteditor id="form-support" name="rteForm" required data-required-message="* This field is required" data-msg-containerid="dateError" created="created" showCharCount="true" maxLength="100">
                <e-content-template>
                    <p>
                        The Rich Text Editor control is WYSIWYG ('what you see is what you get') editor that provides the best user experience to create and update the content.
                        Users can format their content using standard toolbar commands.
                    </p>
                    <p><b> Key features:</b></p>
                    <ul>
                        <li><p> Provides &lt; IFRAME &gt; and &lt; DIV &gt; modes </p></li>
                        <li><p> Capable of handling markdown editing.</p></li>
                        <li><p> Contains a modular library to load the necessary functionality on demand.</p></li>
                        <li><p> Provides a fully customizable toolbar.</p></li>
                        <li><p> Provides HTML view to edit the source directly for developers.</p></li>
                        <li><p> Supports third - party library integration.</p></li>
                        <li><p> Allows preview of modified content before saving it.</p></li>
                        <li><p> Handles images, hyperlinks, video, hyperlinks, uploads, etc.</p></li>
                        <li><p> Contains undo / redo manager.</p></li>
                        <li><p> Creates bulleted and numbered lists.</p></li>
                    </ul>
                </e-content-template>
            </ejs-richtexteditor>
            <div id="dateError" style="padding-top: 10px"></div>
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
            <div class="col-sm-3 control-label"></div>
            <div class="col-sm-6">
                <div id='error'></div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center">
            <button id="validateSubmit" class="samplebtn e-control e-btn" type="submit" data-ripple="true">Submit</button>
            <button id="resetbtn" class="samplebtn e-control e-btn" type="reset" data-ripple="true">Reset</button>
        </div>
    </form>
</div>
<script>
    var formObject, options;
    function created() {
        formObject = new ej.inputs.FormValidator('#form-element', options);
    };
    window.onload = function () {
        document.getElementById('validateSubmit').onclick = function () {
            getValue();
        };
    }
    function getValue() {
        formObject.validate();
    }
</script>
public class HomeController : Controller
{

    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return View();
    }
}

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