Customize context menu in EJ2 TypeScript Document editor control

3 May 202512 minutes to read

How to customize context menu in Document Editor

Document Editor allows you to add custom option in context menu. It can be achieved by using the addCustomMenu() method and custom action is defined using the customContextMenuSelect

Add Custom Option

The following code shows how to add custom option in context menu.

let documentEditor: DocumentEditor = new DocumentEditor({
    isReadOnly: false, serviceUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/js/production/api/documenteditor/'
});
documentEditor.enableAllModules();
documentEditor.appendTo('#DocumentEditor');
//Creating custom menu items
let menuItems: MenuItemModel[] = [
    {
        text: 'Search In Google',
        id: 'search_in_google',
        iconCss: 'e-icons e-de-ctnr-find'
    }];
//Adding custom options
documentEditor.contextMenu.addCustomMenu(menuItems, false);
//To handle contextmenu select event
documentEditor.customContextMenuSelect = (args: CustomContentMenuEventArgs): void => {
    let item: string = args.id;
    let id: string = documentEditor.element.id;
    switch (item) {
        case id + 'search_in_google':
            let searchContent: string = documentEditor.selection.text;
            if (!documentEditor.selection.isEmpty && /\S/.test(searchContent)) {
                window.open('http://google.com/search?q=' + searchContent);
            }
            break;
    }
};

Customize custom option in context menu

Document Editor allows you to customize the added custom option and also to hide/show default context menu.

Hide default context menu items

The following code shows how to hide default context menu and add custom option in context menu.

let documentEditor: DocumentEditor = new DocumentEditor({
    isReadOnly: false, serviceUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/js/production/api/documenteditor/'
});
documentEditor.enableAllModules();
documentEditor.appendTo('#DocumentEditor');
//Creating custom menu items
let menuItems: MenuItemModel[] = [
    {
        text: 'Search In Google',
        id: 'search_in_google',
        iconCss: 'e-icons e-de-ctnr-find'
    }];
//Adding custom options
documentEditor.contextMenu.addCustomMenu(menuItems, true);

Customize added context menu items

The following code shows how to hide/show added custom option in context menu using the customContextMenuBeforeOpen.

let documentEditor: DocumentEditor = new DocumentEditor({
    isReadOnly: false, serviceUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/js/production/api/documenteditor/'
});
documentEditor.enableAllModules();
documentEditor.appendTo('#DocumentEditor');
//Creating custom menu items
let menuItems: MenuItemModel[] = [
    {
        text: 'Search In Google',
        id: 'search_in_google',
        iconCss: 'e-icons e-de-ctnr-find'
    }];
//Adding custom options
documentEditor.contextMenu.addCustomMenu(menuItems, false);
//To show/hide custom menu item
documentEditor.customContextMenuBeforeOpen = (args: BeforeOpenCloseCustomContentMenuEventArgs): void => {
    let search: HTMLElement = document.getElementById(args.ids[0]);
    search.style.display = 'none';
    let searchContent: string = documentEditor.selection.text;
    if ((!documentEditor.selection.isEmpty) && (/\S/.test(searchContent))) {
        search.style.display = 'block';
    }
};
//To handle contextmenu select event
documentEditor.customContextMenuSelect = (args: CustomContentMenuEventArgs): void => {
    let item: string = args.id;
    let id: string = documentEditor.element.id;
    switch (item) {
        case id + 'search_in_google':
            let searchContent: string = documentEditor.selection.text;
            if (!documentEditor.selection.isEmpty && /\S/.test(searchContent)) {
                window.open('http://google.com/search?q=' + searchContent);
            }
            break;
    }
};

The following is the output of custom context menu with customization.

import { DocumentEditor, Editor, Selection, OptionsPane, Search, ContextMenu, EditorHistory, ImageResizer, ListDialog, TableDialog, HyperlinkDialog, ParagraphDialog, FontDialog, PageSetupDialog, BookmarkDialog, StyleDialog, TablePropertiesDialog, BordersAndShadingDialog, TableOptionsDialog, CellOptionsDialog, TableOfContentsDialog } from '@syncfusion/ej2-documenteditor';
import { CheckBox, ChangeEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-buttons';

let defaultCheckBoxObj: CheckBox = new CheckBox({ label: 'Hide Default Context Menu', change: contextmenuHelper });
defaultCheckBoxObj.appendTo('#default-context-menu');

let positionCheckBoxObj: CheckBox = new CheckBox({ label: 'Add Custom option at bottom', change: contextmenuHelper });
positionCheckBoxObj.appendTo('#position-context-menu');

//Initialize Document Editor component.
let documentEditor: DocumentEditor = new DocumentEditor({
    isReadOnly: false, height: '370px', serviceUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/js/production/api/documenteditor/'
});

//Enable all built in modules.
documentEditor.enableAllModules();

//Render Document Editor component.
documentEditor.appendTo('#DocumentEditor');

//Creating custom menu items
let menuItems: MenuItemModel[] = [
    {
        text: 'Search In Google',
        id: 'search_in_google',
        iconCss: 'e-icons e-de-ctnr-find'
    }];

//Adding custom options
documentEditor.contextMenu.addCustomMenu(menuItems, false);

//To show/hide custom menu item
documentEditor.customContextMenuBeforeOpen = (args: BeforeOpenCloseCustomContentMenuEventArgs): void => {
    let search: HTMLElement = document.getElementById(args.ids[0]);
    search.style.display = 'none';
    let searchContent: string = documentEditor.selection.text;
    if ((!documentEditor.selection.isEmpty) && (/\S/.test(searchContent))) {
        search.style.display = 'block';
    }
};

//To handle contextmenu select event
documentEditor.customContextMenuSelect = (args: CustomContentMenuEventArgs): void => {
    let item: string = args.id;
    let id: string = documentEditor.element.id;
    switch (item) {
        case id + 'search_in_google':
            let searchContent: string = documentEditor.selection.text;
            if (!documentEditor.selection.isEmpty && /\S/.test(searchContent)) {
                window.open('http://google.com/search?q=' + searchContent);
            }
            break;
    }
};

//function to handle the CheckBox change event
function contextmenuHelper(args: ChangeEventArgs): void {
    documentEditor.contextMenu.addCustomMenu(menuItems, defaultCheckBoxObj.checked, positionCheckBoxObj.checked);
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Animation</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-documenteditor/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-buttons/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-base/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-dropdowns/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-inputs/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-lists/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-navigations/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-popups/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" /> 
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <input id="default-context-menu" type="checkbox" />
    <input id="position-context-menu" type="checkbox" />
    <div id='container'>         
        <div id='DocumentEditor'>           
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Customize Context Menu with sub-menu items

Document Editor allows you to customize the Context Menu with sub-menu items. It can be achieved by using the addCustomMenu() method.

The following code shows how to add a sub items in the custom option in context menu in Document Editor Container.

import {
  DocumentEditorContainer,
  Toolbar,
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-documenteditor';
import { MenuItemModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-navigations';

//Inject require modules.
DocumentEditorContainer.Inject(Toolbar);

// creating Custom Options
let menuItems: MenuItemModel[] = [
  {
    text: 'Form field',
    id: 'form field',
    iconCss: 'e-de-formfield e-icons',
    items: [
      {
        text: 'Text form',
        id: 'Text form',
        iconCss: 'e-icons e-de-textform',
      },
      {
        text: 'Check box',
        id: 'Check box',
        iconCss: 'e-icons e-de-checkbox-form',
      },
      {
        text: 'Drop down',
        id: 'Drop down',
        iconCss: 'e-icons e-de-dropdownform',
      },
    ],
  },
];
//Initialize Document Editor component.
let container: DocumentEditorContainer = new DocumentEditorContainer({
  enableToolbar: true,
  height: '590px',
});

//Open the default document in `created` event.
container.created = function () {
  // adding Custom Options
  container.documentEditor.contextMenu.addCustomMenu(menuItems, false, true);
};
//Render Document Editor Container component.
container.appendTo('#DocumentEditor');