Disable header and footer edit in document editor in React Document editor component

3 May 20257 minutes to read

You can use restrictEditing property to disable header and footer editing based on selection context type.

RestrictEditing allows you to restrict the document modification and makes the Document read only mode. So, by using this property, and if selection inside header or footer, you can set this property as true.

The following example code illustrates how to header and footer edit in DocumentEditorContainer instance.

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;
  function selectionChanges() {
    // Check whether selection is in header
    if (container.documentEditor.selection.contextType.indexOf('Header') > -1 ||
      // Check whether selection is in Footer
      container.documentEditor.selection.contextType.indexOf('Footer') > -1) {
      // Change the document to read only mode
      container.restrictEditing = true;
    } else {
      // Change the document to editable mode
      container.restrictEditing = false;
    }
  };
  return (
    <DocumentEditorContainerComponent
      id="container" ref={(scope) => {
        container = scope;
      }}
      height={'590px'}
      serviceUrl="https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/documenteditor/"
      enableToolbar={true}
      selectionChange={selectionChanges}
    />
  );
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

The Web API hosted link https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/documenteditor/ utilized in the Document Editor’s serviceUrl property is intended solely for demonstration and evaluation purposes. For production deployment, please host your own web service with your required server configurations. You can refer and reuse the GitHub Web Service example or Docker image for hosting your own web service and use for the serviceUrl property.

Otherwise, you can disable clicking inside Header or Footer by using closeHeaderFooter API in selection module.

The following example code illustrates how to close header and footer when selection is inside header or footer in DocumentEditorContainer instance.

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;
  function selectionChanges() {
    // Check whether selection is in header
    if (container.documentEditor.selection.contextType.indexOf('Header') > -1 ||
      // Check whether selection is in Footer
      container.documentEditor.selection.contextType.indexOf('Footer') > -1) {
      // Close header Footer
      container.documentEditor.selection.closeHeaderFooter();
    }
  };
  return (
    <DocumentEditorContainerComponent
      id="container" ref={(scope) => {
        container = scope;
      }}
      height={'590px'}
      serviceUrl="https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/documenteditor/"
      enableToolbar={true}
      selectionChange={selectionChanges}
    />
  );
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

The Web API hosted link https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/documenteditor/ utilized in the Document Editor’s serviceUrl property is intended solely for demonstration and evaluation purposes. For production deployment, please host your own web service with your required server configurations. You can refer and reuse the GitHub Web Service example or Docker image for hosting your own web service and use for the serviceUrl property.

Like restrictEditing, you can use isReadOnly property in Document editor to disable header and footer edit.

The following example code illustrates how to header and footer edit in DocumentEditor instance.

import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import {
  DocumentEditorComponent,
  Editor,
  Selection,
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-documenteditor';
DocumentEditorComponent.Inject(Editor, Selection);
function App() {
  let documentEditor;
  React.useEffect(() => {
    documentEditor.selectionChange = () => {
      setTimeout(() => {
        onSelectionChange();
      }, 20);
    };
  }, []);

  function onSelectionChange() {
    // Check whether selection is in header
    if (
      documentEditor.selection.contextType.indexOf('Header') > -1 ||
      // Check whether selection is in Footer
      documentEditor.selection.contextType.indexOf('Footer') > -1
    ) {
      // Change the document to read only mode
      documentEditor.isReadOnly = true;
    } else {
      // Change the document to editable mode
      documentEditor.isReadOnly = false;
    }
  }
  return (
    <DocumentEditorComponent
      id="container"
      height={'590px'}
      ref={(scope) => {
        documentEditor = scope;
      }}
      serviceUrl="https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/documenteditor/"
      enableSelection={true}
      enableEditor={true}
    />
  );
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

The Web API hosted link https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/documenteditor/ utilized in the Document Editor’s serviceUrl property is intended solely for demonstration and evaluation purposes. For production deployment, please host your own web service with your required server configurations. You can refer and reuse the GitHub Web Service example or Docker image for hosting your own web service and use for the serviceUrl property.