Keyboard support in EJ2 TypeScript Rich text editor control

14 Oct 202424 minutes to read

The editor has full keyboard accessibility that includes shortcuts to open and other actions with toolbar items, drop-down lists, and dialogs.

HTML formation shortcut key

You can use the following key shortcuts when the Rich Text Editor renders with HTML editMode.

Actions	Keyboard shortcuts
Toolbar focus	`Alt` + `f10`
Insert link	`Ctrl` + `k`
Insert image	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `i`
Insert audio	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `a`
Insert video	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `v`
Insert table	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `e`
Undo	`Ctrl` + `z`
Redo	`Ctrl` + `y`
Copy	`Ctrl` + `c`
Cut	`Ctrl` + `x`
Paste	`Ctrl` + `v`
Bold	`Ctrl` + `b`
Italic	`Ctrl` + `i`
Underline	`Ctrl` + `u`
Strikethrough	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `s`
Inline Code	`Ctrl` + `
Uppercase	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `u`
Lowercase	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `l`
Superscript	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `=`
Subscript	`Ctrl` + `=`
Indents	`Ctrl` + `]`
Outdents	`Ctrl` + `[`
HTML source	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `h`
Fullscreen	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `f`
Exit Fullscreen	`Esc`
Justify center	`Ctrl` + `e`
Justify full	`Ctrl` + `j`
Justify left	`Ctrl` + `l`
Justify right	`Ctrl` + `r`
Clear format	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `r`
Ordered list	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `o`
Unordered list	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `o`
Format Painter Copy	`Alt` + `Shift` + `c`
Format Painter Paste	`Alt` + `Shift` + `v`
Format Painter Escape	`Esc`

index.ts
index.html
import { RichTextEditor, Toolbar, HtmlEditor, Image, QuickToolbar, Link, FormatPainter } from '@syncfusion/ej2-richtexteditor';

RichTextEditor.Inject(Toolbar, HtmlEditor, Image, QuickToolbar, Link, FormatPainter);

let defaultRTE: RichTextEditor = new RichTextEditor({
    toolbarSettings: {
        items: ['Bold', 'Italic', 'Underline', 'StrikeThrough',
        'FontName', 'FontSize', 'FontColor', 'BackgroundColor',
        'LowerCase', 'UpperCase', '|',
        'Formats', 'Alignments', 'OrderedList', 'UnorderedList',
        'Outdent', 'Indent', '|',
        'CreateLink', 'Image', '|', 'FormatPainter', 'ClearFormat', 'Print',
        'SourceCode', 'FullScreen', '|', 'Undo', 'Redo']
    }});
defaultRTE.appendTo('#defaultRTE');

document.onkeyup = function (e) {
    if (e.altKey && e.keyCode === 84 /* t */) {
        // press alt+t to focus the component.
        defaultRTE.focusIn();
    }
};
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 Rich Text Editor</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/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-richtexteditor/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.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='defaultRTE'>
            <p>The Rich Text Editor is WYSIWYG ("what you see is what you get") editor useful to create and edit content, and return the valid <a href="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/home/" target="_blank">HTML markup</a> or <a href="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/home/" target="_blank">markdown</a> of the content</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>
              </ul>
        </div>
    </div>
    <style>
        .e-rte-quick-popup .e-rte-quick-toolbar .e-rotate-left::before {
            content: "\e76e";
        }
    
        .e-rte-quick-popup .e-rte-quick-toolbar .e-rotate-right::before {
            content: "\e726";
        }
    </style>
</body>

</html>

Markdown formation shortcut key

You can use the following key shortcuts when the Rich Text Editor renders with Markdown editMode.

Actions	Keyboard shortcuts
Toolbar focus	`Alt` + `f10`
Insert link	`Ctrl` + `k`
Insert image	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `i`
Insert table	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `e`
Undo	`Ctrl` + `z`
Redo	`Ctrl` + `y`
Copy	`Ctrl` + `c`
Cut	`Ctrl` + `x`
Paste	`Ctrl` + `v`
Bold	`Ctrl` + `b`
Italic	`Ctrl` + `i`
Strikethrough	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `s`
Uppercase	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `u`
Lowercase	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `l`
Superscript	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `=`
Subscript	`Ctrl` + `=`
Fullscreen	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `f`
Ordered list	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `o`
Unordered list	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `o`

index.ts
index.html
import { RichTextEditor, Toolbar, MarkdownEditor } from '@syncfusion/ej2-richtexteditor';

RichTextEditor.Inject(Toolbar, MarkdownEditor);

let defaultRTE: RichTextEditor = new RichTextEditor({
    editorMode: 'Markdown',
    toolbarSettings: {
        items: ['Bold', 'Italic', 'StrikeThrough', '|',
            'Formats', 'OrderedList', 'UnorderedList', '|',
            'CreateLink', 'Image', '|','Undo', 'Redo']
    }});
defaultRTE.appendTo('#defaultRTE');

document.onkeyup = function (e) {
    if (e.altKey && e.keyCode === 84 /* t */) {
        // press alt+t to focus the component.
        defaultRTE.focusIn();
    }
};
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 Rich Text Editor</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-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-richtexteditor/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
     <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.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'>
        <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/marked/marked.min.js"></script>
        <div id='defaultRTE'>
In Rich Text Editor , you click the toolbar buttons to format the words and the changes are visible immediately. 
Markdown is not like that. When you format the word in Markdown format, you need to add Markdown syntax to the word to indicate which words 
and phrases should look different from each other

Rich Text Editor supports markdown editing when the editorMode set as **markdown** and using both *keyboard interaction* and *toolbar action*, you can apply the formatting to text.

We can add our own custom formation syntax for the Markdown formation, [sample link](https://ej2.syncfusion.com/home/).

The third-party library <b>Marked</b> is used in this sample to convert markdown into HTML content            
        </div>
    </div>
    <style>
        .e-richtexteditor textarea.e-content {
            float: left;
            border-right: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12);
        }
        .e-richtexteditor .e-rte-content .e-content{
            min-height: 150px;
        }
    
        .e-richtexteditor .e-rte-content {
            overflow: hidden;
        }
    
        .e-icon-btn.e-active .e-md-preview::before {
            content: '\e350';
        }
    
        .e-icon-btn .e-md-preview::before {
            content: '\e345';
        }
    
        .e-rte-content .e-content {
            float: right;
            width: 50%;
            overflow: auto;
            height: inherit;
            padding: 8px;
            height: 100%;
        }
    
        .e-rte-content .e-content.e-pre-source {
            width: 100%;
        }
    
        .highcontrast .e-richtexteditor textarea.e-content {
            border-right: 1px solid #fff;
        }
    
        .sb-header {
            z-index: 100;
        }
    </style>
</body>

</html>

Custom key config

Customize the key config for the keyboard interaction of Rich Text Editor, using the keyConfig property.

In the following sample, customize the cut, copy, and paste toolbar action with Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, and Ctrl+3, respectively.

index.ts
index.html
import { RichTextEditor, Toolbar, HtmlEditor } from '@syncfusion/ej2-richtexteditor';

RichTextEditor.Inject(Toolbar, HtmlEditor);

let defaultRTE: RichTextEditor = new RichTextEditor({
    toolbarSettings: {
        items: ['Bold', 'Italic', 'Underline', 'StrikeThrough',
        'FontName', 'FontSize', 'FontColor', 'BackgroundColor',
        'LowerCase', 'UpperCase', '|',
        'Formats', 'Alignments', 'OrderedList', 'UnorderedList',
        'Outdent', 'Indent', '|',
        'CreateLink', 'Image', '|', 'ClearFormat', 'Print',
        'SourceCode', 'FullScreen', '|', 'Undo', 'Redo']
    },
    keyConfig:{
        'copy': 'ctrl+1',
        'cut': 'ctrl+2',
        'paste': 'ctrl+3'
    }
});
defaultRTE.appendTo('#defaultRTE');

document.onkeyup = function (e) {
    if (e.altKey && e.keyCode === 84 /* t */) {
        // press alt+t to focus the component.
        defaultRTE.focusIn();
    }
};
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 Rich Text Editor</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-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-richtexteditor/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
     <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.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='defaultRTE'>
            <p>The Rich Text Editor is WYSIWYG ("what you see is what you get") editor useful to create and edit content, and return the valid <a href="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/home/" target="_blank">HTML markup</a> or <a href="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/home/" target="_blank">markdown</a> of the content</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>
              </ul>
        </div>
    </div>
    <style>
        .e-rte-quick-popup .e-rte-quick-toolbar .e-rotate-left::before {
            content: "\e76e";
        }
    
        .e-rte-quick-popup .e-rte-quick-toolbar .e-rotate-right::before {
            content: "\e726";
        }
    </style>
</body>

</html>

Keyboard support in EJ2 TypeScript Rich text editor control

HTML formation shortcut key

Markdown formation shortcut key

Custom key config

See Also