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Getting started with Vue RichTextEditor component

This section explains the steps to create a simple RichTextEditor and demonstrates the basic usage of the RichTextEditor component in a Vue environment.

Dependencies

The following list of dependencies are required to use the RichTextEditor.

|-- @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-vue-base

Installation and configuration

You can use Vue CLI to setup your vue applications. To install Vue CLI use the following command.

npm install -g @vue/cli

npm install -g @vue/cli-init

Start a new project using below Vue CLI command.

vue init webpack-simple quickstart

cd quickstart

npm install

Install Syncfusion RichTextEditor packages using below command. Also need to install dependency packages as mentioned at top of this documentation.

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

Registering RichTextEditor component using Vue.use()

Import the RichTextEditor Plugin from the Essential JS 2 Vue package and register the same using Vue.use() with Component Plugin as its argument.

Refer to the code snippet given below.

import Vue from 'vue';
import { RichTextEditorPlugin } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor';

Vue.use(RichTextEditorPlugin);

export default {}

By registering component plugin in Vue, all child directives are also globally registered. We can also use Vue.Component() to register RichTextEditor. Refer here to know more about component registration.

Adding CSS Reference

Add RichTextEditor component’s styles as given below in <style> section of the 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>

Adding RichTextEditor component

Initialize the EJ2 Vue RichTextEditor by adding <ejs-richtexteditor> into the <template> section of the App.vue file.

<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>

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

    Vue.use(RichTextEditorPlugin);

    export default {
        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 <div> element

RichTextEditor can be initialized on div element.

Source
Preview
app.vue
<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 Vue from 'vue';
    import { RichTextEditorPlugin, Toolbar, Link, Image, Count, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor';

    Vue.use(RichTextEditorPlugin);

    export default {
        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 RichTextEditor’s content is placed in an iframe and isolated from the rest of the page.

Initialize the RichTextEditor on div element and set the enable field of iframeSettings property as true.

Source
Preview
app.vue
<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 Vue from 'vue';
    import { RichTextEditorPlugin, Toolbar, Link, Image, Count, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor';

    Vue.use(RichTextEditorPlugin);

    export default {
        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 RichTextEditor with additional features, inject the required modules. The following modules are used to extend RichTextEditor’s basic functionality.

  • Toolbar - Inject this module to use Toolbar feature.
  • Link - Inject this module to use link in RichTextEditor feature.
  • Image- Inject this module to use image in RichTextEditor feature.
  • Count - Inject this module to use character count in RichTextEditor.
  • MarkdownEditor-Inject this module to use RichTextEditor as markdown editor.
  • HtmlEditor - Inject this module to use RichTextEditor as html editor.
  • QuickToolbar - Inject this module to use quick toolbar feature for the target element.

These modules should be injected into the RichTextEditor using the RichTextEditor.Inject method.

Configure the toolbar

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

Source
Preview
app.vue
<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 Vue from "vue";
import { RichTextEditorPlugin, Toolbar, HtmlEditor } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor";

Vue.use(RichTextEditorPlugin);

export default {
    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 RichTextEditor’s content area, and the link module links external resources such as website URLs, to selected text in the RichTextEditor’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.

Source
Preview
app.vue
<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 Vue from "vue";
import { RichTextEditorPlugin, Toolbar, Image, Link, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor";

Vue.use(RichTextEditorPlugin);

export default {
     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 RichTextEditor.

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

Or, you can use the public method, getHtml to retrieve the RichTextEditor content.

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

To fetch the RichTextEditor’s text content, use getText method of RichTextEditor.

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

Run the Application

Now run the npm run dev command in the console, it will build your application and open in the browser.

Source
Preview
app.vue
<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 Vue from "vue";
import { RichTextEditorPlugin, Toolbar, Image, Link, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor";

Vue.use(RichTextEditorPlugin);

export default {
     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

RichTextEditor content can be added using valueTemplate property as given below

Source
Preview
app.vue
<template>
  <div id="defaultRTE">
    <ejs-richtexteditor :valueTemplate="vueTemplate"  ref="defaultRTE" :height="340">
    </ejs-richtexteditor>
  </div>
</template>
<script>
    import Vue from 'vue';
    import { RichTextEditorPlugin, Toolbar, Link, Image, Count, HtmlEditor, QuickToolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor';
    Vue.use(RichTextEditorPlugin);

        var templateContent  = Vue.component("templateContent", {
            template: '<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>',
            data() {
                return {
                    data: {}
                };
            }
        });

    export default {
         data: function() {
    return {
         vueTemplate: function() {
                return { template: templateContent };
               }
            };
        },
        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>

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