Update value in React Rich text editor component

20 Jan 202312 minutes to read

To achieve this, we need to bind the keydown event to the RTE content and capture the ctrl + s key press using its keyCode.
In the keydown event handler, the updateValue method is called to update the value property and then we can save the content in the required database using the same.

[Class-component]

app.jsx

import { HtmlEditor, Image, Inject, Link, QuickToolbar, RichTextEditorComponent, Toolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-richtexteditor';
import * as React from 'react';

class App extends React.Component {
    rteObj;
    created() {
        const instance = this.rteObj;
        this.rteObj.contentModule.getDocument().addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
            if (e.key === 's' && e.ctrlKey === true) {
                e.preventDefault(); // to prevent default ctrl+s action
                instance.updateValue(); // to update the value after editing
                // const value: any= instance.value; // you can get the RTE content to save in the desired database
            }
        });
    }
    render() {
        return (<RichTextEditorComponent ref={(richtexteditor) => { this.rteObj = richtexteditor; }} created={this.created = this.created.bind(this)}>
        <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 &lt;IFRAME&gt; and &lt;DIV&gt; modes</p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p>Capable of handling markdown editing.</p>
          </li>
        </ul>
        <Inject services={[Toolbar, Image, Link, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar]}/>
      </RichTextEditorComponent>);
    }
}
export default App;

app.tsx

import { HtmlEditor, Image, Inject, Link, QuickToolbar, RichTextEditorComponent, Toolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-richtexteditor';
import * as React from 'react';

class App extends React.Component<{},{}> {
  public rteObj: RichTextEditorComponent;

    public created(): void {
        const instance = this.rteObj;
        (this.rteObj as any).contentModule.getDocument().addEventListener("keydown",(e: any)=>{
            if(e.key === 's' && e.ctrlKey===true){
                e.preventDefault(); // to prevent default ctrl+s action
                instance.updateValue(); // to update the value after editing
                // const value: any= instance.value; // you can get the RTE content to save in the desired database

            }

        });
    }

  public render() {
    return (
      <RichTextEditorComponent ref={(richtexteditor) => { this.rteObj = richtexteditor! }} created={this.created = this.created.bind(this)} >
        <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 &lt;IFRAME&gt; and &lt;DIV&gt; modes</p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p>Capable of handling markdown editing.</p>
          </li>
        </ul>
        <Inject services={[Toolbar, Image, Link, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar]} />
      </RichTextEditorComponent>
    );
  }
}

export default App;

[functional-component]

app.jsx

import { HtmlEditor, Image, Inject, Link, QuickToolbar, RichTextEditorComponent, Toolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-richtexteditor';
import * as React from 'react';

function App() {
    let rteObj;
    function created() {
        const instance = rteObj;
        rteObj.contentModule.getDocument().addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
            if (e.key === 's' && e.ctrlKey === true) {
                e.preventDefault(); // to prevent default ctrl+s action
                instance.updateValue(); // to update the value after editing
                // const value: any= instance.value; // you can get the RTE content to save in the desired database
            }
        });
    }
    return (<RichTextEditorComponent ref={(richtexteditor) => { rteObj = richtexteditor; }} created={created.bind(this)}>
      <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 &lt;IFRAME&gt; and &lt;DIV&gt; modes</p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <p>Capable of handling markdown editing.</p>
        </li>
      </ul>
      <Inject services={[Toolbar, Image, Link, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar]}/>
    </RichTextEditorComponent>);
}
export default App;

app.tsx

import { HtmlEditor, Image, Inject, Link, QuickToolbar, RichTextEditorComponent, Toolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-richtexteditor';
import * as React from 'react';

function App() {
  let rteObj: RichTextEditorComponent;
  function created(): void {
      const instance = rteObj;
      (rteObj as any).contentModule.getDocument().addEventListener("keydown",(e: any)=>{
          if(e.key === 's' && e.ctrlKey===true){
              e.preventDefault(); // to prevent default ctrl+s action
              instance.updateValue(); // to update the value after editing
              // const value: any= instance.value; // you can get the RTE content to save in the desired database
          }
      });
  }
  return (
    <RichTextEditorComponent ref={(richtexteditor) => { rteObj = richtexteditor! }} created={created.bind(this)} >
      <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 &lt;IFRAME&gt; and &lt;DIV&gt; modes</p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <p>Capable of handling markdown editing.</p>
        </li>
      </ul>
      <Inject services={[Toolbar, Image, Link, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar]} />
    </RichTextEditorComponent>
  );
}

export default App;