Open default document in EJ2 JavaScript Document editor control

10 May 20236 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.

var documenteditor = new ej.documenteditor.DocumentEditor({
    isReadOnly: false, serviceUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/js/production/api/documenteditor/'
});
documenteditor.enableAllModules();
onCreated = function (){
    var data = '{"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":[]}';
    documenteditor.open(data);
};
documenteditor.appendTo('#DocumentEditor');
documenteditor.addEventListener("created", onCreated());
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<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">   
        
        <div id="DocumentEditor" style="height:420px">
            
        </div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
  ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}   
      </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</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.

var documenteditorcontainer = new ej.documenteditor.DocumentEditorContainer({
  isReadOnly: false
});
ej.documenteditor.DocumentEditorContainer.Inject(
  ej.documenteditor.Toolbar
);
onCreated = function() {
  var data =
    '{"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":[]}';
  documenteditorcontainer.documentEditor.open(data);
};
documenteditorcontainer.appendTo("#DocumentEditor");
documenteditorcontainer.addEventListener("created", onCreated());
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<body>
    
    <div id="container">   
        
        <div id="DocumentEditor" style="height:420px">
            
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