Form fields in React Document editor component

30 Mar 20234 minutes to read

Document Editor Container component provide support for inserting Text, CheckBox, DropDown form fields through in-built toolbar.

Insert form field

Form fields can be inserted using insertFormField method in editor module.

//Insert Text form field
documentEditor.editor.insertFormField('Text');
//Insert Checkbox form field
documentEditor.editor.insertFormField('CheckBox');
//Insert Drop down form field
documentEditor.editor.insertFormField('Dropdown');

Get form field names

All the form fields names form current document can be retrieved using getFormFieldNames().

let formFieldsNames: string[] = documentEditor.getFormFieldNames();

Get form field properties

Form field properties can be retrieved using getFormFieldInfo().

//Text form field
let textfieldInfo: TextFormFieldInfo = documentEditor.getFormFieldInfo('Text1') as TextFormFieldInfo;
//Checkbox form field
let checkboxfieldInfo: CheckBoxFormFieldInfo = documentEditor.getFormFieldInfo('Check1') as CheckBoxFormFieldInfo;
//Dropdown form field
let dropdownfieldInfo: DropDownFormFieldInfo = documentEditor.getFormFieldInfo('Drop1') as DropDownFormFieldInfo;

Set form field properties

Form field properties can be modified using setFormFieldInfo.

// Set text form field properties
let textfieldInfo: TextFormFieldInfo = documentEditor.getFormFieldInfo('Text1') as TextFormFieldInfo;
textfieldInfo.defaultValue = "Hello";
textfieldInfo.format = "Uppercase";
textfieldInfo.type = "Text";
textfieldInfo.name = "Text2";
documentEditor.setFormFieldInfo('Text1',textfieldInfo);

// Set checkbox form field properties
let checkboxfieldInfo: CheckBoxFormFieldInfo = documentEditor.getFormFieldInfo('Check1') as CheckBoxFormFieldInfo;
checkboxfieldInfo.defaultValue = true;
checkboxfieldInfo.name = "Check2";
documentEditor.setFormFieldInfo('Check1',checkboxfieldInfo);

// Set checkbox form field properties
let dropdownfieldInfo: DropDownFormFieldInfo = documentEditor.getFormFieldInfo('Drop1') as DropDownFormFieldInfo;
dropdownfieldInfo.dropDownItems = ['One','Two', 'Three'];
dropdownfieldInfo.name = "Drop2";
documentEditor.setFormFieldInfo('Drop1',dropdownfieldInfo);

Note:If a form field already exists in the document with the new name specified, the old form field name property will be cleared and it will not be accessible. Ensure the new name is unique.

Export form field data

Data of the all the Form fields in the document can be exported using exportFormData.

let formFieldDate: FormFieldData[] = documentEditor.exportFormData();

Import form field data

Form fields can be prefilled with data using importFormData.

let textformField: FormFieldData = {fieldName: 'Text1', value: 'Hello World'};
let checkformField: FormFieldData = {fieldName: 'Check1', value: true};
let dropdownformField: FormFieldData = {fieldName: 'Drop1', value: 1};
//Import form field data
documentEditor.importFormData([textformField,checkformField,dropdownformField]);

Reset form fields

Reset all the form fields in current document to default value using resetFormFields.

documentEditor.resetFormFields();

Protect the document in form filling mode

Document Editor provides support for protecting the document with FormFieldsOnly protection. In this protection, user can only fill form fields in the document.

Document editor provides an option to protect and unprotect document using enforceProtection and stopProtection API.

The following example code illustrates how to enforce and stop protection in Document editor container.

import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import {
  DocumentEditorContainerComponent,
  Toolbar
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-documenteditor';

DocumentEditorContainerComponent.Inject(Toolbar);
function App() {
  let container: DocumentEditorContainerComponent;
  React.useEffect(() => {
    EnforceProtection();
    StopProtection();
}, []);
function EnforceProtection(){
  //enforce protection
  container.documentEditor.editor.enforceProtection('123','CommentsOnly');
}
function StopProtection(){
  //stop the document protection
  container.documentEditor.editor.stopProtection('123');
}
    return (
      <div>
      <button onClick={EnforceProtection}>enforceProtection</button>
      <button onClick={StopProtection}>stopProtection</button>
      <DocumentEditorContainerComponent
        id="container"
        ref={(scope) => {
          container = scope;
        }}
        height={'590px'}
        serviceUrl="https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/documenteditor/"
        enableToolbar={true}
      />
      </div>

    );
  
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));

Note: In enforce Protection method, first parameter denotes password and second parameter denotes protection type. Possible values of protection type are NoProtection |ReadOnly |FormFieldsOnly |CommentsOnly. In stop protection method, parameter denotes the password.