Third party integration in EJ2 JavaScript Rich text editor control
13 Sep 202312 minutes to read
The Rich Text Editor can be integrated with third-party to suite the application scenario.
Code-Mirror Integration
Rich Text Editor comes with a basic HTML source editor through view-source property. Code mirror plugin can be used to highlight the syntax of HTML. CodeMirror plugin for Rich Text Editor makes editing of HTML source code with a pleasant experience.
Import necessary CSS and JS files of CodeMirror to the HTML page.
Required JS files of code mirror.
<script src="scripts/CodeMirror/codemirror.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="scripts/CodeMirror/javascript.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="scripts/CodeMirror/css.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="scripts/CodeMirror/htmlmixed.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Required CSS file of code mirror.
<link href="scripts/CodeMirror/codemirror.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />Add a custom icon for HTML source editor in the toolbar of Rich Text Editor using template option of toolbarSettings and define the code mirror plugins, and then pass the Rich Text Editor content as argument in actionComplete event.
var defaultRTE = new ej.richtexteditor.RichTextEditor({ toolbarSettings: {
items: ['SourceCode']
},
showCharCount: true,
actionComplete: actionCompleteHandler });
defaultRTE.appendTo('#defaultRTE');
var myCodeMirror;
function mirrorConversion(e) {
var id = defaultRTE.getID() + 'mirror-view';
var textArea = defaultRTE.contentModule.getEditPanel();
var mirrorView = defaultRTE.element.querySelector('#' + id);
var charCount = defaultRTE.element.querySelector('.e-rte-character-count');
if (e.targetItem === 'Preview') {
textArea.style.display = 'block';
mirrorView.style.display = 'none';
textArea.innerHTML = myCodeMirror.getValue();
charCount.style.display = 'block';
}
else {
if (!mirrorView) {
mirrorView = ej.base.createElement('div', { className: 'e-content' });
mirrorView.id = id;
textArea.parentNode.appendChild(mirrorView);
}
else {
mirrorView.innerHTML = '';
}
textArea.style.display = 'none';
mirrorView.style.display = 'block';
renderCodeMirror(mirrorView, defaultRTE.value);
charCount.style.display = 'none';
}
}
function renderCodeMirror(mirrorView, content) {
myCodeMirror = CodeMirror(mirrorView, {
value: content,
lineNumbers: true,
mode: 'text/html',
lineWrapping: true,
});
}
function actionCompleteHandler(e) {
if (e.targetItem && (e.targetItem === 'SourceCode' || e.targetItem === 'Preview')) {
this.sourceCodeModule.getPanel().style.display = 'none';
mirrorConversion(e);
}
else {
setTimeout(function () { defaultRTE.toolbarModule.refreshToolbarOverflow(); }, 400);
}
}<!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/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-richtexteditor/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<!--CodeMirror references-->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/codemirror/5.3.0/codemirror.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/codemirror/5.3.0/mode/css/css.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/codemirror/5.3.0/mode/xml/xml.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/codemirror/5.3.0/mode/htmlmixed/htmlmixed.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/codemirror/5.3.0/mode/javascript/javascript.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/codemirror/5.3.0/codemirror.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/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="defaultRTE">
<p>The Rich Text Editor component is WYSIWYG ("what you see is what you get") editor that provides the best user experience to create and update the content.Users can format their content using standard toolbar commands.</p>
<p><b>Key features:</b></p>
<ul><li><p>Provides <b>IFRAME</b> and <b>>DIV</b> 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>
<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}
</script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>Embed.ly Integration
Rich Text Editor easily integrate with Embed.ly which is probably the best service when it comes to embed the rich content such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and lots of other publishing platform embeds.
<script src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>In the following sample, the Embed.ly class embedly-card has been added to <a> tag in actionComplete event.
var defaultRTE = new ej.richtexteditor.RichTextEditor({
placeholder: "Click link icon in toolbar to add the desired link",
toolbarSettings: {
items: ['createLink']
},
actionComplete: function (args) {
if (args.requestType === 'Links') {
if (args.elements[0].parentNode && args.elements[0].parentNode.tagName === 'A') {
var emberEle = document.createElement('blockquote'); // to add the link
emberEle.setAttribute('class', 'embedly-card'); // to add the class
emberEle.appendChild(args.elements[0].parentElement);
emberEle.appendChild(document.createElement('p'));
args.range.insertNode(emberEle); // add the link description to the rte content
}
}
}
});
defaultRTE.appendTo('#defaultRTE');<!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/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-richtexteditor/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/at.js/1.4.0/css/jquery.atwho.min.css">
<script src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/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 id="defaultRTE">
</div>
</div>
<style>
</style>
<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}
</script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>