Implementing Ctrl+s Shortcut for Value Updates in Vue Rich Text Editor Component

26 Feb 20258 minutes to read

To implement this functionality, you bind a keydown event to the Rich Text Editor 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 you can save the content in the required database using the same.

<template>
<div>
<div class="control-section">
    <div class="sample-container">
        <div class="default-section">
        <ejs-richtexteditor ref="rteObj" :toolbarSettings="toolbarSettings" :created="onCreate"><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>
            <li><p>Contains a modular library to load the necessary functionality on demand.</p></li>
            <li><p>Provides a fully customizable toolbar.</p></li>
          </ul></ejs-richtexteditor>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

</div>
</template>
<script setup>
import { provide, ref } from 'vue';
import { RichTextEditorComponent as EjsRichtexteditor, Toolbar, HtmlEditor } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor";
const rteObj = ref(null);
const toolbarSettings = {
    type: 'MultiRow',
    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'
  ]
};
const onCreate = function(){
  var instance = rteObj.value.ej2Instances;
  instance.contentModule.getDocument().addEventListener("keydown",function(e) {
        if(e.key === 's' && e.ctrlKey===true){
              e.preventDefault(); // to prevent default ctrl+s action
              instance.updateValue(); // to update the value after editing
              let value = instance.value; // you can get the RTE content to save in the desired database
        }
  });
}
provide('richtexteditor', [Toolbar, HtmlEditor]);
</script>
<style>
  @import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor/styles/material.css";
</style>
<template>
<div>
<div class="control-section">
    <div class="sample-container">
        <div class="default-section">
        <ejs-richtexteditor ref="rteObj" :toolbarSettings="toolbarSettings" :created="onCreate"><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>
            <li><p>Contains a modular library to load the necessary functionality on demand.</p></li>
            <li><p>Provides a fully customizable toolbar.</p></li>
          </ul></ejs-richtexteditor>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

</div>
</template>
<script>
import { RichTextEditorComponent, Toolbar, HtmlEditor } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor";
export default {
name: "App",
components: {
"ejs-richtexteditor":RichTextEditorComponent
},
     data: function() {
        return {
        toolbarSettings: {
            type: 'MultiRow',
            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'
          ]
        },
        }
    },
    methods: {
    onCreate: function(){
      var instance = this.$refs.rteObj.$el.ej2_instances[0];
      instance.contentModule.getDocument().addEventListener("keydown",function(e) {
            if(e.key === 's' && e.ctrlKey===true){
                  e.preventDefault(); // to prevent default ctrl+s action
                  instance.updateValue(); // to update the value after editing
                  let value = instance.value; // you can get the RTE content to save in the desired database
            }

      });
    }
    },
    provide:{
        richtexteditor:[Toolbar, HtmlEditor]
    }
}
</script>
<style>
  @import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-richtexteditor/styles/material.css";
</style>