Customize context menu in Vue Document editor component

17 Mar 202314 minutes to read

How to customize context menu in Document Editor

Document Editor allows you to add custom option in context menu. It can be achieved by using the addCustomMenu() method and custom action is defined using the customContextMenuSelect

Add Custom Option

The following code shows how to add custom option in context menu.

<template>
    <div id="app">
      <ejs-documenteditorcontainer ref='container' :serviceUrl='serviceUrl' v-on:created="onCreated" height="590px" id='container' :enableToolbar='true'></ejs-documenteditorcontainer>
    </div>
</template>
<script>
  import Vue from 'vue';
  import {
    DocumentEditorContainerPlugin,
    DocumentEditorContainerComponent,
    Toolbar,
  } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-documenteditor';

  Vue.use(DocumentEditorContainerPlugin);

  export default {
    data() {
      return {
        serviceUrl:
          'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/documenteditor/',
      };
    },
    provide: {
      //Inject require modules.
      DocumentEditorContainer: [Toolbar],
    },
    methods: {
      onCreated: function () {
        // creating Custom Options
        let menuItems = [
          {
            text: 'Search In Google',
            id: 'search_in_google',
            iconCss: 'e-icons e-de-ctnr-find',
          },
        ];
        // adding Custom Options
        this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.contextMenu.addCustomMenu(
          menuItems,
          false
        );
        // custom Options Select Event
        this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.customContextMenuSelect =
          (args) => {
            // custom Options Functionality
            let id =
              this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.element.id;
            switch (args.id) {
              case id + 'search_in_google':
                // To get the selected content as plain text
                let searchContent =
                  this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.selection
                    .text;
                if (
                  !this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.selection
                    .isEmpty &&
                  /\S/.test(searchContent)
                ) {
                  window.open('http://google.com/search?q=' + searchContent);
                }
                break;
            }
          };
      },
    },
  };
</script>

Customize custom option in context menu

Document Editor allows you to customize the added custom option and also to hide/show default context menu.

Hide default context menu items

Using addCustomMenu() method, you can hide the default context menu. By setting second parameter as true.

The following code shows how to hide default context menu and add custom option in context menu.

<template>
    <div id="app">
      <ejs-documenteditorcontainer ref='container' :serviceUrl='serviceUrl' v-on:created="onCreated" height="590px" id='container' :enableToolbar='true'></ejs-documenteditorcontainer>
    </div>
</template>
<script>
  import Vue from 'vue';
  import {
    DocumentEditorContainerPlugin,
    DocumentEditorContainerComponent,
    Toolbar,
  } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-documenteditor';

  Vue.use(DocumentEditorContainerPlugin);

  export default {
    data() {
      return {
        serviceUrl:
          'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/documenteditor/',
      };
    },
    provide: {
      //Inject require modules.
      DocumentEditorContainer: [Toolbar],
    },
    methods: {
      onCreated: function () {
        // creating Custom Options
        let menuItems = [
          {
            text: 'Search In Google',
            id: 'search_in_google',
            iconCss: 'e-icons e-de-ctnr-find',
          },
        ];
        // adding Custom Options
        this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.contextMenu.addCustomMenu( menuItems,true);
      }
    }
  };
</script>

Customize added context menu items

The following code shows how to hide/show added custom option in context menu using the customContextMenuBeforeOpen.

<template>
    <div id="app">
      <ejs-documenteditorcontainer ref='container' :serviceUrl='serviceUrl' v-on:created="onCreated" height="590px" id='container' :enableToolbar='true'></ejs-documenteditorcontainer>
    </div>
</template>
<script>
  import Vue from 'vue';
  import {
    DocumentEditorContainerPlugin,
    DocumentEditorContainerComponent,
    Toolbar,
  } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-documenteditor';

  Vue.use(DocumentEditorContainerPlugin);

  export default {
    data() {
      return {
        serviceUrl:
          'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/documenteditor/',
      };
    },
    provide: {
      //Inject require modules.
      DocumentEditorContainer: [Toolbar],
    },
    methods: {
      onCreated: function () {
        // creating Custom Options
        let menuItems = [
          {
            text: 'Search In Google',
            id: 'search_in_google',
            iconCss: 'e-icons e-de-ctnr-find',
          },
        ];
        // adding Custom Options
        this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.contextMenu.addCustomMenu( menuItems,false);
        // custom Options Select Event
        this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.customContextMenuSelect =
          (args) => {
            // custom Options Functionality
            let id =
              this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.element.id;
            switch (args.id) {
              case id + 'search_in_google':
                // To get the selected content as plain text
                let searchContent =
                  this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.selection
                    .text;
                if (
                  !this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.selection
                    .isEmpty &&
                  /\S/.test(searchContent)
                ) {
                  window.open('http://google.com/search?q=' + searchContent);
                }
                break;
            }
          };
          //  custom options hide/show functionality
        this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.customContextMenuBeforeOpen = (args) => {
        let search = document.getElementById(args.ids[0]);
        search.style.display = 'none';
        let searchContent = this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.selection.text;
        if (!this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.selection.isEmpty && /\S/.test(searchContent)) {
            search.style.display = 'block';
        }
       };
      },
    },
  };
</script>

The following is the output of custom context menu with customization.

<template>
    <div id="app">
      <ejs-documenteditorcontainer ref='container' :serviceUrl='serviceUrl' v-on:created="onCreated" height="590px" id='container' :enableToolbar='true'></ejs-documenteditorcontainer>
    </div>
</template>
<script>
  import Vue from 'vue';
  import {
    DocumentEditorContainerPlugin,
    DocumentEditorContainerComponent,
    Toolbar,
  } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-documenteditor';

  Vue.use(DocumentEditorContainerPlugin);

  export default {
    data() {
      return {
        serviceUrl:
          'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/documenteditor/',
      };
    },
    provide: {
      //Inject require modules.
      DocumentEditorContainer: [Toolbar],
    },
    methods: {
      onCreated: function () {
        // creating Custom Options
        let menuItems = [
          {
            text: 'Search In Google',
            id: 'search_in_google',
            iconCss: 'e-icons e-de-ctnr-find',
          },
        ];
        // adding Custom Options
        this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.contextMenu.addCustomMenu( menuItems,false);
        // custom Options Select Event
        this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.customContextMenuSelect =
          (args) => {
            // custom Options Functionality
            let id =
              this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.element.id;
            switch (args.id) {
              case id + 'search_in_google':
                // To get the selected content as plain text
                let searchContent =
                  this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.selection
                    .text;
                if (
                  !this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.selection
                    .isEmpty &&
                  /\S/.test(searchContent)
                ) {
                  window.open('http://google.com/search?q=' + searchContent);
                }
                break;
            }
          };
          //  custom options hide/show functionality
        this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.customContextMenuBeforeOpen = (args) => {
        let search = document.getElementById(args.ids[0]);
        search.style.display = 'none';
        let searchContent = this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.selection.text;
        if (!this.$refs.container.ej2Instances.documentEditor.selection.isEmpty && /\S/.test(searchContent)) {
            search.style.display = 'block';
        }
       };
      },
    },
  };
</script>
<style>
 @import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-documenteditor/styles/material.css";
</style>