Open default document in EJ2 TypeScript Document editor control

10 May 20237 minutes to read

In this article, we are going to see how to open a default document when DocumentEditor & DocumentEditorContainer is initialized.

Opening a default document in DocumentEditor

By default, Document Editor will open blank document. You can use open API in Document Editor to open the sfdt content.

Document editor have created event which gets triggered once Document editor control created. So, if you want to open the document by default, you can use open and created API.

The following example illustrates how to open the default SFDT content once Document editor control gets created.

import { DocumentEditor, Editor } from '@syncfusion/ej2-documenteditor';

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();

//Open the default document in `created` event.
documenteditor.created = function () {
    //load your default document here
    let data: string = '{"sections":[{"sectionFormat":{"pageWidth":612,"pageHeight":792,"leftMargin":72,"rightMargin":72,"topMargin":72,"bottomMargin":72,"differentFirstPage":false,"differentOddAndEvenPages":false,"headerDistance":36,"footerDistance":36,"bidi":false},"blocks":[{"paragraphFormat":{"afterSpacing":30,"styleName":"Heading 1","listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{},"inlines":[{"characterFormat":{},"text":"Adventure Works Cycles"}]}],"headersFooters":{"header":{"blocks":[{"paragraphFormat":{"listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{},"inlines":[]}]},"footer":{"blocks":[{"paragraphFormat":{"listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{},"inlines":[]}]}}}],"characterFormat":{"bold":false,"italic":false,"fontSize":11,"fontFamily":"Calibri","underline":"None","strikethrough":"None","baselineAlignment":"Normal","highlightColor":"NoColor","fontColor":"empty","fontSizeBidi":11,"fontFamilyBidi":"Calibri","allCaps":false},"paragraphFormat":{"leftIndent":0,"rightIndent":0,"firstLineIndent":0,"textAlignment":"Left","beforeSpacing":0,"afterSpacing":0,"lineSpacing":1.0791666507720947,"lineSpacingType":"Multiple","listFormat":{},"bidi":false},"defaultTabWidth":36,"trackChanges":false,"enforcement":false,"hashValue":"","saltValue":"","formatting":false,"protectionType":"NoProtection","dontUseHTMLParagraphAutoSpacing":false,"formFieldShading":true,"styles":[{"name":"Normal","type":"Paragraph","paragraphFormat":{"lineSpacing":1.149999976158142,"lineSpacingType":"Multiple","listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{"fontFamily":"Calibri"},"next":"Normal"},{"name":"Default Paragraph Font","type":"Character","characterFormat":{}},{"name":"Heading 1 Char","type":"Character","characterFormat":{"fontSize":16,"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#2F5496"},"basedOn":"Default Paragraph Font"},{"name":"Heading 1","type":"Paragraph","paragraphFormat":{"beforeSpacing":12,"afterSpacing":0,"outlineLevel":"Level1","listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{"fontSize":16,"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#2F5496"},"basedOn":"Normal","link":"Heading 1 Char","next":"Normal"},{"name":"Heading 2 Char","type":"Character","characterFormat":{"fontSize":13,"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#2F5496"},"basedOn":"Default Paragraph Font"},{"name":"Heading 2","type":"Paragraph","paragraphFormat":{"beforeSpacing":2,"afterSpacing":6,"outlineLevel":"Level2","listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{"fontSize":13,"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#2F5496"},"basedOn":"Normal","link":"Heading 2 Char","next":"Normal"},{"name":"Heading 3","type":"Paragraph","paragraphFormat":{"leftIndent":0,"rightIndent":0,"firstLineIndent":0,"textAlignment":"Left","beforeSpacing":2,"afterSpacing":0,"lineSpacing":1.0791666507720947,"lineSpacingType":"Multiple","outlineLevel":"Level3","listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{"fontSize":12,"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#1F3763"},"basedOn":"Normal","link":"Heading 3 Char","next":"Normal"},{"name":"Heading 3 Char","type":"Character","characterFormat":{"fontSize":12,"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#1F3763"},"basedOn":"Default Paragraph Font"},{"name":"Heading 4","type":"Paragraph","paragraphFormat":{"leftIndent":0,"rightIndent":0,"firstLineIndent":0,"textAlignment":"Left","beforeSpacing":2,"afterSpacing":0,"lineSpacing":1.0791666507720947,"lineSpacingType":"Multiple","outlineLevel":"Level4","listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{"italic":true,"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#2F5496"},"basedOn":"Normal","link":"Heading 4 Char","next":"Normal"},{"name":"Heading 4 Char","type":"Character","characterFormat":{"italic":true,"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#2F5496"},"basedOn":"Default Paragraph Font"},{"name":"Heading 5","type":"Paragraph","paragraphFormat":{"leftIndent":0,"rightIndent":0,"firstLineIndent":0,"textAlignment":"Left","beforeSpacing":2,"afterSpacing":0,"lineSpacing":1.0791666507720947,"lineSpacingType":"Multiple","outlineLevel":"Level5","listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#2F5496"},"basedOn":"Normal","link":"Heading 5 Char","next":"Normal"},{"name":"Heading 5 Char","type":"Character","characterFormat":{"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#2F5496"},"basedOn":"Default Paragraph Font"},{"name":"Heading 6","type":"Paragraph","paragraphFormat":{"leftIndent":0,"rightIndent":0,"firstLineIndent":0,"textAlignment":"Left","beforeSpacing":2,"afterSpacing":0,"lineSpacing":1.0791666507720947,"lineSpacingType":"Multiple","outlineLevel":"Level6","listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#1F3763"},"basedOn":"Normal","link":"Heading 6 Char","next":"Normal"},{"name":"Heading 6 Char","type":"Character","characterFormat":{"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#1F3763"},"basedOn":"Default Paragraph Font"}],"lists":[],"abstractLists":[],"comments":[],"revisions":[],"customXml":[]}';
    //Open the default document
    documenteditor.open(data);
};

//Render Document Editor component.
documenteditor.appendTo('#DocumentEditor');
<!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/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-documenteditor/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-buttons/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-base/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
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    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-lists/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-navigations/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-popups/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/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>
    <div id='container'>   
        
        <div id='DocumentEditor' style="height:420px">
            
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Opening a default document in DocumentEditorContainer

By default, Document Editor Container will open a blank document. You can use open API in Document Editor to open the SFDT content.

Document editor Container have created event which gets triggered once Document editor container control created. So, if you want to open the document by default, you can use open and created API.

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

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

//Initialize Document Editor component.
let container: DocumentEditorContainer = new DocumentEditorContainer({
    enableToolbar: true, height: '590px'
});

//Open the default document in `created` event.
container.created = function () {
    //load your default document here
    let data: string = '{"sections":[{"sectionFormat":{"pageWidth":612,"pageHeight":792,"leftMargin":72,"rightMargin":72,"topMargin":72,"bottomMargin":72,"differentFirstPage":false,"differentOddAndEvenPages":false,"headerDistance":36,"footerDistance":36,"bidi":false},"blocks":[{"paragraphFormat":{"afterSpacing":30,"styleName":"Heading 1","listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{},"inlines":[{"characterFormat":{},"text":"Adventure Works Cycles"}]}],"headersFooters":{"header":{"blocks":[{"paragraphFormat":{"listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{},"inlines":[]}]},"footer":{"blocks":[{"paragraphFormat":{"listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{},"inlines":[]}]}}}],"characterFormat":{"bold":false,"italic":false,"fontSize":11,"fontFamily":"Calibri","underline":"None","strikethrough":"None","baselineAlignment":"Normal","highlightColor":"NoColor","fontColor":"empty","fontSizeBidi":11,"fontFamilyBidi":"Calibri","allCaps":false},"paragraphFormat":{"leftIndent":0,"rightIndent":0,"firstLineIndent":0,"textAlignment":"Left","beforeSpacing":0,"afterSpacing":0,"lineSpacing":1.0791666507720947,"lineSpacingType":"Multiple","listFormat":{},"bidi":false},"defaultTabWidth":36,"trackChanges":false,"enforcement":false,"hashValue":"","saltValue":"","formatting":false,"protectionType":"NoProtection","dontUseHTMLParagraphAutoSpacing":false,"formFieldShading":true,"styles":[{"name":"Normal","type":"Paragraph","paragraphFormat":{"lineSpacing":1.149999976158142,"lineSpacingType":"Multiple","listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{"fontFamily":"Calibri"},"next":"Normal"},{"name":"Default Paragraph Font","type":"Character","characterFormat":{}},{"name":"Heading 1 Char","type":"Character","characterFormat":{"fontSize":16,"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#2F5496"},"basedOn":"Default Paragraph Font"},{"name":"Heading 1","type":"Paragraph","paragraphFormat":{"beforeSpacing":12,"afterSpacing":0,"outlineLevel":"Level1","listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{"fontSize":16,"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#2F5496"},"basedOn":"Normal","link":"Heading 1 Char","next":"Normal"},{"name":"Heading 2 Char","type":"Character","characterFormat":{"fontSize":13,"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#2F5496"},"basedOn":"Default Paragraph Font"},{"name":"Heading 2","type":"Paragraph","paragraphFormat":{"beforeSpacing":2,"afterSpacing":6,"outlineLevel":"Level2","listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{"fontSize":13,"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#2F5496"},"basedOn":"Normal","link":"Heading 2 Char","next":"Normal"},{"name":"Heading 3","type":"Paragraph","paragraphFormat":{"leftIndent":0,"rightIndent":0,"firstLineIndent":0,"textAlignment":"Left","beforeSpacing":2,"afterSpacing":0,"lineSpacing":1.0791666507720947,"lineSpacingType":"Multiple","outlineLevel":"Level3","listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{"fontSize":12,"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#1F3763"},"basedOn":"Normal","link":"Heading 3 Char","next":"Normal"},{"name":"Heading 3 Char","type":"Character","characterFormat":{"fontSize":12,"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#1F3763"},"basedOn":"Default Paragraph Font"},{"name":"Heading 4","type":"Paragraph","paragraphFormat":{"leftIndent":0,"rightIndent":0,"firstLineIndent":0,"textAlignment":"Left","beforeSpacing":2,"afterSpacing":0,"lineSpacing":1.0791666507720947,"lineSpacingType":"Multiple","outlineLevel":"Level4","listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{"italic":true,"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#2F5496"},"basedOn":"Normal","link":"Heading 4 Char","next":"Normal"},{"name":"Heading 4 Char","type":"Character","characterFormat":{"italic":true,"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#2F5496"},"basedOn":"Default Paragraph Font"},{"name":"Heading 5","type":"Paragraph","paragraphFormat":{"leftIndent":0,"rightIndent":0,"firstLineIndent":0,"textAlignment":"Left","beforeSpacing":2,"afterSpacing":0,"lineSpacing":1.0791666507720947,"lineSpacingType":"Multiple","outlineLevel":"Level5","listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#2F5496"},"basedOn":"Normal","link":"Heading 5 Char","next":"Normal"},{"name":"Heading 5 Char","type":"Character","characterFormat":{"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#2F5496"},"basedOn":"Default Paragraph Font"},{"name":"Heading 6","type":"Paragraph","paragraphFormat":{"leftIndent":0,"rightIndent":0,"firstLineIndent":0,"textAlignment":"Left","beforeSpacing":2,"afterSpacing":0,"lineSpacing":1.0791666507720947,"lineSpacingType":"Multiple","outlineLevel":"Level6","listFormat":{}},"characterFormat":{"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#1F3763"},"basedOn":"Normal","link":"Heading 6 Char","next":"Normal"},{"name":"Heading 6 Char","type":"Character","characterFormat":{"fontFamily":"Calibri Light","fontColor":"#1F3763"},"basedOn":"Default Paragraph Font"}],"lists":[],"abstractLists":[],"comments":[],"revisions":[],"customXml":[]}';
    //Open the default document
    container.documentEditor.open(data);
};
//Render Document Editor Container component.
container.appendTo('#DocumentEditor');
<!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/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-documenteditor/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-buttons/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-base/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
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    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-lists/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-navigations/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-popups/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/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>
    <div id='container'>   
        
        <div id='DocumentEditor' style="height:420px">
            
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>