Undo redo in the EJ2 TypeScript Rich Text Editor control

5 Mar 20253 minutes to read

The Undo and Redo features in the Rich Text Editor allowing you to reverse or restore recent changes, providing a safety net for text edits and enhancing the overall editing experience.

There are two ways to perform Undo and Redo operations:

  1. Click the Undo or Redo buttons on the toolbar.
  2. Use keyboard shortcuts:
    • For Undo: Ctrl + Z (Windows) or Cmd + Z (Mac)
    • For Redo: Ctrl + Y (Windows) or Cmd + Shift + Z (Mac)

Customizing Undo/Redo Timer

By default, the time interval for storing Undo/Redo actions is 300 milliseconds. You can adjust this interval using the undoRedoTimer property.

Configuring Undo/Redo Steps

The editor allows up to 30 Undo/Redo actions by default. You can modify the number of undo/redo steps using the undoRedoSteps property.

Here’s an example of how to customize both the Undo/Redo timer and steps:

import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
enableRipple(true);

import { RichTextEditor, Toolbar, Link, Image, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-richtexteditor';
RichTextEditor.Inject(Toolbar, Link, Image, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar);

let editor: RichTextEditor = new RichTextEditor({
    height: 340,
    value: `<p>The Syncfudion Rich Text Editor, a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor, is a user interface that allows you to create, edit, and format rich text content. You can try out a demo of this editor here.</p><p><b>Key features:</b></p><ul><li><p>Provides &lt;IFRAME&gt; and &lt;DIV&gt; modes.</p></li><li><p>Bulleted and numbered lists.</p></li><li><p>Handles images, hyperlinks, videos, hyperlinks, uploads, etc.</p></li><li><p>Contains undo/redo manager. </p></li></ul><div style='display: inline-block; width: 60%; vertical-align: top; cursor: auto;'><img alt='Sky with sun' src='https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/richtexteditor-resources/RTE-Overview.png' width='309' style='min-width: 10px; min-height: 10px; width: 309px; height: 174px;' class='e-rte-image e-imginline e-rte-drag-image' height='174' /></div>`,
    toolbarSettings:{
        items:['Undo', 'Redo']
    },
    undoRedoSteps: 50,
    undoRedoTimer: 400
});

editor.appendTo('#editor');
<!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/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-richtexteditor/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
     <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/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='editor'>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>