Getting Started with the Vue Rich text editor Component in Vue 2

13 Sep 202324 minutes to read

This article provides a step-by-step guide for setting up a Vue 2 project using Vue-CLI and integrating the Syncfusion Vue Rich text editor component

Prerequisites

System requirements for Syncfusion Vue UI components

Dependencies

The following list of dependencies are required to use the Rich Text Editor.

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-data
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-buttons
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-lists
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-inputs
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-popups
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-navigations
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-filemanager
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-vue-base

Setting up the Vue 2 project

To generate a Vue 2 project using Vue-CLI, use the vue create command. Follow these steps to install Vue CLI and create a new project:

npm install -g @vue/cli
vue create quickstart
cd quickstart
npm run serve

or

yarn global add @vue/cli
vue create quickstart
cd quickstart
yarn run serve

When creating a new project, choose the option Default ([Vue 2] babel, eslint) from the menu.

Vue 2 project

Once the quickstart project is set up with default settings, proceed to add Syncfusion components to the project.

Add Syncfusion Vue packages

Syncfusion packages are available at npmjs.com. To use Vue components, install the required npm package.

This article uses the Vue Rich text editor component as an example. Install the @syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor package by running the following command:

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor --save

or

yarn add @syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor

Import Syncfusion CSS styles

You can import themes for the Syncfusion Vue component in various ways, such as using CSS or SASS styles from npm packages, CDN, CRG and Theme Studio. Refer to themes topic to know more about built-in themes and different ways to refer to themes in a Vue project.

In this article, the Material theme is applied using CSS styles, which are available in installed packages. The necessary Material CSS styles for the Rich text editor component and its dependents were imported into the <style> section of src/App.vue file.

<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-lists/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor/styles/material.css";
</style>

Add Syncfusion Vue component

Follow the below steps to add the Vue Rich text editor component using:

1. First, import and register the Rich text editor component in the script section of the src/App.vue file.

<script>
import { RichTextEditorComponent, Toolbar, Link, Image, Count, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor';

export default {
    components: {
        'ejs-richtexteditor': RichTextEditorComponent
    }
}
</script>

2. In the template section, define the Rich text editor component with the height property.

<template>
    <ejs-richtexteditor ref="defaultRTE" :height="400">
        <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 IFRAME and DIV 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>
            <li><p>Contains undo/redo manager.</p></li>
            <li><p>Creates bulleted and numbered lists.</p></li>
        </ul>
    </ejs-richtexteditor>
</template>

Initialize from <div> element

Rich Text Editor can be initialized on div element.

<template>
  <div id="defaultRTE">
    <ejs-richtexteditor ref="defaultRTE" :height="340">
        <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 IFRAME and DIV 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>
    </ejs-richtexteditor>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
    import { RichTextEditorComponent, Toolbar, Link, Image, Count, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor';

    export default {
        components: {
            'ejs-richtexteditor': RichTextEditorComponent
        },
        provide: {
            richtexteditor:[Toolbar, Link, Image, Count, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar]
        }
    }
</script>

<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-lists/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor/styles/material.css";
</style>

Initialize from <IFRAME> element

The Rich Text Editor’s content is placed in an iframe and isolated from the rest of the page.

Initialize the Rich Text Editor on div element and set the enable field of iframeSettings property as true.

<template>
    <ejs-richtexteditor ref="defaultRTE" :height="350" :iframeSettings="iframeConfig">
        <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 IFRAME and DIV 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>
    </ejs-richtexteditor>
</template>

<script>
    import { RichTextEditorComponent, Toolbar, Link, Image, Count, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor';

    export default {
        components: {
            'ejs-richtexteditor': RichTextEditorComponent
        },
        data() {
            return {
                iframeConfig: {
                    enable: true
                }
            }
        },
        provide: {
            richtexteditor:[Toolbar, Link, Image, Count, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar]
        }
    }
</script>

<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-lists/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor/styles/material.css";
</style>

Module injection

To create Rich Text Editor with additional features, inject the required modules. The following modules are used to extend Rich Text Editor’s basic functionality.

  • Toolbar - Inject this module to use Toolbar feature.
  • Link - Inject this module to use link feature in Rich Text Editor.
  • Image- Inject this module to use image feature in Rich Text Editor.
  • Table- Inject this module to use table feature in Rich Text Editor.
  • Count - Inject this module to use character count in Rich Text Editor.
  • HtmlEditor - Inject this module to use Rich Text Editor as html editor.
  • MarkdownEditor-Inject this module to use Rich Text Editor as markdown editor.
  • QuickToolbar - Inject this module to use quick toolbar feature for the target element.
  • Resize - Inject this module to use resize feature in Rich Text Editor.
  • FileManager - Inject this module to use file browser feature in Rich Text Editor.
  • PasteCleanup - Inject this module to use paste cleanup feature in Rich Text Editor.
  • FormatPainter - Inject this module to use format painter feature in Rich Text Editor.
  • EmojiPicker - Inject this module to use emoji picker feature in Rich Text Editor.

These modules should be injected into the Rich Text Editor through provide option.

Configure the toolbar

Configure the toolbar with the tools using items field of the toolbarSettings property as your application requires.

<template>
<div>
<div class="control-section">
    <div class="sample-container">
        <div class="default-section">
        <ejs-richtexteditor :height="340"><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 IFRAME and DIV 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></ejs-richtexteditor>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

</div>
</template>
<script>
import { RichTextEditorComponent, Toolbar, HtmlEditor } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor";

export default {
    components: {
      'ejs-richtexteditor': RichTextEditorComponent
    },
    provide:{
        richtexteditor:[Toolbar, HtmlEditor]
    }
}
</script>
<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-lists/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor/styles/material.css";
</style>

| and - can insert a vertical and horizontal separator lines in the toolbar.

The image module inserts an image into Rich Text Editor’s content area, and the link module links external resources such as website URLs, to selected text in the Rich Text Editor’s content, respectively.

The link inject module adds a link icon to the toolbar and the image inject module adds an image icon to the toolbar.

Specifies the items to be rendered in the quick toolbar based on the target element such image, link and text element. The quick toolbar opens to customize the element by clicking the target element.

<template>
<div>
<div class="control-section">
    <div class="sample-container">
        <div class="default-section">
        <ejs-richtexteditor ref="rteObj" :quickToolbarSettings="quickToolbarSettings" :height="340" :toolbarSettings="toolbarSettings">
        <p>The Rich Text Editor is WYSIWYG ("what you see is what you get") editor useful to create and edit content, and return the valid <a href="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/home/" target="_blank">HTML markup</a> or
        <a href="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/home/" target="_blank">markdown</a>
        of the content</p>
        <p><b>Key features:</b></p>
          <ul>
          <li><p>Provides IFRAME and DIV 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>
        </ejs-richtexteditor>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

</div>
</template>
<script>
import { RichTextEditorComponent, Toolbar, Image, Link, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor";

export default {
     components: {
        'ejs-richtexteditor': RichTextEditorComponent
     },
     data: function() {
        return {
        height: 400,
        quickToolbarSettings: {
            image: [
                'Replace', 'Align', 'Caption', 'Remove', 'InsertLink', 'OpenImageLink', '-',
                'EditImageLink', 'RemoveImageLink', 'Display', 'AltText', 'Dimension',
            ]
        },
        toolbarSettings: {
            items: ['Bold', 'Italic', 'Underline', 'StrikeThrough',
            'FontName', 'FontSize', 'FontColor', 'BackgroundColor',
            'LowerCase', 'UpperCase', '|',
            'Formats', 'Alignments', 'OrderedList', 'UnorderedList',
            'Outdent', 'Indent', '|',
            'CreateLink', 'Image', '|', 'ClearFormat', 'Print',
            'SourceCode', 'FullScreen', '|', 'Undo', 'Redo'
          ]
        },
        };
    },
    provide:{
        richtexteditor:[Toolbar, Image, Link, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar]
    }
}
</script>
<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-lists/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor/styles/material.css";
</style>

Retrieve the formatted content

To retrieve the editor contents, use value property of Rich Text Editor.

  var rteValue = this.$refs.rteObj.ej2Instances.value;

Or, you can use the public method, getHtml to retrieve the Rich Text Editor content.

  var rteValue = this.$refs.rteObj.ej2Instances.getHtml();

To fetch the Rich Text Editor’s text content, use getText method of Rich Text Editor.

  var rteValue = this.$refs.rteObj.ej2Instances.getText();

Run the project

To run the project, use the following command:

npm run serve

or

yarn run serve
<template>
<div>
<div class="control-section">
    <div class="sample-container">
        <div class="default-section">
        <ejs-richtexteditor ref="rteObj" :quickToolbarSettings="quickToolbarSettings" :height="340" :toolbarSettings="toolbarSettings">
        <p>The Rich Text Editor is WYSIWYG ("what you see is what you get") editor useful to create and edit content,and return the valid <a href="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/home/" target="_blank">HTML markup</a> or
        <a href="https://ej2.syncfusion.com/home/" target="_blank">markdown</a>
        of the content</p>
        <p><b>Key features:</b></p>
          <ul><li><p>Provides IFRAME and DIV 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></ejs-richtexteditor>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

</div>
</template>
<script>
import { RichTextEditorComponent, Toolbar, Image, Link, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor";

export default {
     components: {
        'ejs-richtexteditor': RichTextEditorComponent
     },
     data: function() {
        return {
        height: 400,
        quickToolbarSettings: {
            image: [
                'Replace', 'Align', 'Caption', 'Remove', 'InsertLink', 'OpenImageLink', '-',
                'EditImageLink', 'RemoveImageLink', 'Display', 'AltText', 'Dimension',
            ],
            link: ['Open', 'Edit', 'UnLink']
        },
        toolbarSettings: {
            items: ['Bold', 'Italic', 'Underline', 'StrikeThrough',
            'FontName', 'FontSize', 'FontColor', 'BackgroundColor',
            'LowerCase', 'UpperCase', '|',
            'Formats', 'Alignments', 'OrderedList', 'UnorderedList',
            'Outdent', 'Indent', '|',
            'CreateLink', 'Image', '|', 'ClearFormat', 'Print',
            'SourceCode', 'FullScreen', '|', 'Undo', 'Redo']
        },
        };
    },
    provide:{
        richtexteditor:[Toolbar, Image, Link, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar]
    }
}
</script>
<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-lists/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor/styles/material.css";
</style>

Add content using valueTemplate property

Rich Text Editor content can be added using valueTemplate property as given below

<template>
  <div id="defaultRTE">
    <ejs-richtexteditor :valueTemplate="'vueTemplate'"  ref="defaultRTE" :height="340">
    <template v-slot:vueTemplate>
        <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>
    </template>
    </ejs-richtexteditor>
  </div>
</template>
<script>
    import { RichTextEditorComponent, Toolbar, Link, Image, Count, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor';
    
    export default {
         components: {
          'ejs-richtexteditor': RichTextEditorComponent
         },
         data: function() {
    return { };
        },
        provide: {
            richtexteditor:[Toolbar, Link, Image, Count, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar]
        }
    }
</script>

<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-lists/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor/styles/material.css";
</style>

See Also

You can refer to our Vue Rich Text Editor feature tour page for its groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our Vue Rich Text Editor example that shows how to render and configure the rich text editor tools.