Update value in Vue Rich text editor component

11 Jun 20249 minutes to read

To achieve this, we need to bind the 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 we can save the content in the required database using the same.

Composition API (~/src/App.vue)

<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 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>
          </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-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>

Options API (~/src/App.vue)

<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 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>
            </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-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>