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ES5 getting started in EJ2 JavaScript In-place editor control

10 Feb 202624 minutes to read

This section explains the steps required to create a simple Essential^® JS 2 In-Place editor and demonstrate the basic usage of the In-Place editor control in a JavaScript application.

Dependencies

The list of dependencies required to use the In-Place editor component in your application is given below:

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-inplace-editor
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-data
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-inputs
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-popups
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-buttons
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-dropdowns
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-calendars
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-richtexteditor

Setup for local environment

Refer to the following steps to set up your local environment.

Step 1: Create a root folder named my-app for your application.

Step 2: Create a my-app/resources folder to store local scripts and styles files.

Step 3: Open Visual Studio Code and create my-app/index.js and my-app/index.html files to initialize the Essential^® JS 2 In-Place editor control.

Adding Syncfusion^® resources

The Essential^® JS 2 In-Place editor control can be initialized by using either of the following ways.

Using local script and style.
Using CDN link for script and style.

Using local script and style references in an HTML page

Step 1: Create an app folder myapp for Essential^® JS 2 JavaScript controls.

Step 2: You can get the global scripts and styles from the Essential Studio^® JavaScript (Essential^® JS 2) build installed location.

Syntax:

Script: **(installed location)**/Syncfusion/Essential Studio/{RELEASE_VERSION}/Essential JS 2/{PACKAGE_NAME}/dist/global/{PACKAGE_NAME}.min.js

Styles: **(installed location)**/Syncfusion/Essential Studio/{RELEASE_VERSION}/Essential JS 2/{PACKAGE_NAME}/styles/material.css

Example:

Script: C:/Program Files (x86)/Syncfusion/Essential Studio/15.4.30/Essential JS 2/ej2-inplace-editor/dist/global/ej2-inplace-editor.min.js

Styles: C:/Program Files (x86)/Syncfusion/Essential Studio/15.4.30/Essential JS 2/ej2-inplace-editor/styles/material.css

Step 3: Create a folder myapp/resources and copy/paste the global scripts and styles from the above installed location to myapp/resources location.

Step 4: Create an HTML page (index.html) in myapp location and add the Essential^® JS 2 script and style references.

<!DOCTYPE html>
  <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
       <head>
            <title>Essential JS 2 - In-place Editor</title>
            <!-- Essential JS 2 material theme -->
            <link href="resources/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>

            <!-- Essential JS 2 In-place Editor's global script -->
            <script src="resources/ej2-inplace-editor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
       </head>
       <body>
       </body>
  </html>

Step 5: Now, add the In-place Editor element and initiate the Essential^® JS 2 In-place Editor control in the index.html by using following code

<!DOCTYPE html>
  <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
       <head>
            <title>Essential JS 2</title>
            <!-- Essential JS 2 material theme -->
            <ink href="resources/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>

            <!-- Essential JS 2 In-place Editor's global script -->
            <script src="resources/ej2-inplace-editor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
       </head>
       <body>
            <!-- Add the HTML <div> element  -->
             <div id="element"></div>
            <script>
                var editObj = new ej.inplaceeditor.InPlaceEditor({
                    type: 'Text',
                    value: 'Andrew',
                    model: {
                        placeholder: 'Enter employee name'
                    }
                });
                //Render initialized In-place Editor control
                editObj.appendTo('#element');
            </script>
       </body>
  </html>

Step 6: Now, run the index.html in web browser, it will render the Essential^® JS 2 In-place Editor control.

Using CDN link for the script and style reference

Step 1: Create an app folder myapp for the Essential^® JS 2 JavaScript controls.

Step 2: The Essential^® JS 2 control’s global scripts and styles are already hosted in the following CDN link formats.

Syntax:

Script: http://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/{PACKAGE_NAME}/dist/global/{PACKAGE_NAME}.min.js

Styles: http://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/{PACKAGE_NAME}/styles/material.css

Example:

Script: http://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inplace-editor/dist/global/ej2-inplace-editor.min.js

Styles: http://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inplace-editor/styles/material.css

Step 3: Create an HTML page (index.html) in myapp location and add the CDN link references. Now, add the In-place Editor element and initiate the Essential^® JS 2 In-place Editor control in the index.html by using the following code.

Step 4: Now, run the index.html in web browser, it will render the Essential^® JS 2 In-place Editor control.

Configuring DropDownList

You can render the Essential^® JS 2 DropDownList by changing the type property as DropDownList and configure its properties and methods using the model property.

In the following sample, type and model values are configured to render the DropDownList control.

[index.html]

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

    <head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 In-place Editor</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript In-place Editor Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-data/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-richtexteditor/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inplace-editor/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-base/dist/global/ej2-base.min.js"
        type="text/javascript"></script>
        <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/dist/global/ej2-buttons.min.js"
        type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-data/dist/global/ej2-data.min.js"
        type="text/javascript"></script>
        <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/dist/global/ej2-inputs.min.js"
        type="text/javascript"></script>
        <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/dist/global/ej2-popups.min.js"
        type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-lists/dist/global/ej2-lists.min.js"
        type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-dropdowns/dist/global/ej2-dropdowns.min.js"
        type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-calendars/dist/global/ej2-calendars.min.js"
        type="text/javascript"></script>
        <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/dist/global/ej2-navigations.min.js"
        type="text/javascript"></script>
        <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-splitbuttons/dist/global/ej2-splitbuttons.min.js"
        type="text/javascript"></script>
        <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-richtexteditor/dist/global/ej2-richtexteditor.min.js"
        type="text/javascript"></script>
        <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inplace-editor/dist/global/ej2-inplace-editor.min.js"
        type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
   <div id="element"></div>
   <script>
    var data = ['Australia', 'Bermuda', 'Canada', 'Cameroon', 'Denmark', 'Finland', 'Greenland', 'Poland'];
    var editObj = new ej.inplaceeditor.InPlaceEditor({
    type: 'DropDownList',
    model: {
        dataSource: data,
        placeholder: 'Select Country'
      }
    });
    editObj.appendTo('#element');
</script>
</body>
</html>

Integrate DatePicker

You can render the Essential^® JS2 DatePicker by changing the type property as Date and also configure its properties and methods using the model property.

In the following sample, type and model values are configured to render the DatePicker control.

[index.html]

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 In-place Editor</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript In-place Editor Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-data/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-richtexteditor/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inplace-editor/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-base/dist/global/ej2-base.min.js"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/dist/global/ej2-buttons.min.js"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-data/dist/global/ej2-data.min.js"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/dist/global/ej2-inputs.min.js"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/dist/global/ej2-popups.min.js"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-lists/dist/global/ej2-lists.min.js"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-dropdowns/dist/global/ej2-dropdowns.min.js"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-calendars/dist/global/ej2-calendars.min.js"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-navigations/dist/global/ej2-navigations.min.js"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-splitbuttons/dist/global/ej2-splitbuttons.min.js"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-richtexteditor/dist/global/ej2-richtexteditor.min.js"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inplace-editor/dist/global/ej2-inplace-editor.min.js"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="element"></div>
    <script>
    var editObj = new ej.inplaceeditor.InPlaceEditor({
      type: 'Date',
      value: new Date('04/12/2018'),
      model: {
          showTodayButton: true
      }
  });
  editObj.appendTo('#element');
</script>
</body>
</html>

index.js
index.html
var genderData = ['Male', 'Female'];
var editObj = new ej.inplaceeditor.InPlaceEditor({
    type: 'Date',
    mode: 'Inline',
    value: new Date('04/12/2018'),
    model: {
        showTodayButton: true,
        placeholder: 'Select date of birth'
    }
});
editObj.appendTo('#dateofbirth');

var editObj = new ej.inplaceeditor.InPlaceEditor({
    value: 'Andrew',
    mode: 'Inline',
    model: {
        placeholder: 'Enter your name'
    }
});
editObj.appendTo('#element');

var editObj = new ej.inplaceeditor.InPlaceEditor({
    type: 'DropDownList',
    value: 'Male',
    mode: 'Inline',
    model: {
        dataSource: genderData,
        placeholder: 'Select gender'
    }
});
editObj.appendTo('#gender');
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 In-place Editor</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript In-place Editor Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.2.3/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.2.3/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div class="control-group">
            <h3> Modify Basic Details </h3>
            <table>
                <tbody><tr>
                    <td>Name</td>
                    <td class="left">
                        <div id="element"></div>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>Date of Birth</td>
                    <td class="left">
                        <div id="dateofbirth"></div>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>Gender</td>
                    <td class="left">
                        <div id="gender"></div>
                    </td>
                </tr>
            </tbody></table>
        </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>

Submitting data to the server (save)

You can submit editor value to the server by configuring the url, adaptor and primaryKey property.

Property	Usage
`url`	Gets the URl for server submit action.
`adaptor`	Specifies the adaptor type that is used by DataManager to communicate with DataSource.
`primaryKey`	Defines the unique primary key of editable field which can be used for saving data in the data-base.

The primaryKey property is mandatory. If it’s not set, edited data are not sent to the server.

Refresh In-place Editor with modified value

The edited data is submitted to the server and the updated values are reflected in the in-place editor.

index.js
index.html
ej.inplaceeditor.InPlaceEditor.Inject(ej.inplaceeditor.MultiSelect);
var serviceUrl = 'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/development/web-services/api/Editor/UpdateData';
var frameWorkList = ['Andrew Fuller', 'Janet Leverling', 'Laura Callahan', 'Margaret Hamilt', 'Michael Suyama', 'Nancy Davloio', 'Robert King'];
var newEle = document.getElementById('newValue');
var oldEle = document.getElementById('oldValue');
var editObj = new ej.inplaceeditor.InPlaceEditor({
    mode: 'Inline',
    type: 'DropDownList',
    value: 'Andrew Fuller',
    name: 'Employee',
    url: serviceUrl,
    primaryKey: "Employee",
    adaptor: 'UrlAdaptor',
    actionSuccess: function (e) {
        oldEle.textContent = newEle.textContent;
        newEle.textContent = e.value;
    },
    model: {
        dataSource: frameWorkList,
        popupHeight: '200px',
        placeholder: 'Select employee'
    }
});
editObj.appendTo('#element');
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 In-place Editor</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript In-place Editor Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.2.3/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/32.2.3/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div class="control-group">
            Best Employee of the year: <div id="element"></div>
        </div>
        <table style="margin:auto;width:50%">
            <tbody><tr>
                <td style="text-align: left">
                    Old Value :
                </td>
                <td id="oldValue" style="text-align: left">
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td style="text-align: left">
                    New Value :
                </td>
                <td id="newValue" style="text-align: left">
                    Andrew Fuller
                </td>
            </tr>
        </tbody></table>
    </div>

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

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ES5 getting started in EJ2 JavaScript In-place editor control

Dependencies

Setup for local environment

Adding Syncfusion^® resources

Using local script and style references in an HTML page

Using CDN link for the script and style reference

Configuring DropDownList

Integrate DatePicker

Submitting data to the server (save)

Refresh In-place Editor with modified value

See Also

How can I help you?

ES5 getting started in EJ2 JavaScript In-place editor control

Dependencies

Setup for local environment

Adding Syncfusion® resources

Using local script and style references in an HTML page

Using CDN link for the script and style reference

Configuring DropDownList

Integrate DatePicker

Submitting data to the server (save)

Refresh In-place Editor with modified value

See Also

Adding Syncfusion^® resources