ui.igHtmlEditor

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The igHtmlEditor control is a jQuery HTML editor control that features standard HTML editing capabilities. Formatting options include font face, font size, text and image alignment and link and table support. Further information regarding the classes, options, events, methods and themes of this API are available under the associated tabs above.

The following code snippet demonstrates how to initialize the igHtmlEditor control.

For details on how to reference the required scripts and themes for the igHtmlEditor control read, Using JavaScript Resources in Ignite UI and Styling and Theming Ignite UI.

Code Sample

  
        <!doctype html>
        <html>
        <head>
            <!-- Modernizr -->
            <script src="js/modernizr.js"></script>
            <!-- jQuery Core -->
            <script src="js/jquery.js"></script>
            <!-- jQuery UI -->
            <script src="js/jquery-ui.js"></script>
            <!-- Infragistics loader -->
            <script src="js/infragistics.loader.js"></script>
            <script>
                $.ig.loader({
                    scriptPath: "js",
                    cssPath: "css",
                    resources: "igHtmlEditor"
                });

                $.ig.loader(function () {
                    $("#htmlEditor").igHtmlEditor({
                        width: "100%"
                    });
                });
            </script>
        </head>
        <body>
            <div id="htmlEditor"></div>
        </body>
        </html>

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Related Topics

Dependencies

jquery-1.9.1.js
jquery.ui.core.js
jquery.ui.widget.js
infragistics.util.js
infragistics.ui.toolbarbutton.js
infragistics.ui.toolbar.js
infragistics.ui.popover.js
infragistics.ui.splitbutton.js
infragistics.ui.colorpicker.js
infragistics.ui.colorpickersplitbutton.js
infragistics.ui.combo.js
infragistics.ui.htmleditor-en.js
infragistics.ui.toolbar-en.js

Inherits

  • customToolbars

    Type:
    array
    Default:
    []
    Elements Type:
    object

    The html editor custom toolbars list.

    Code Sample

     
                // Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    customToolbars: [{
                        name: "customToolbar",
                        collapseButtonIcon: "ui-igbutton-collapse",
                        expandButtonIcon: "ui-igbutton-expand",
                        items: [{
                            //Definition for custom button
                            name: "customButton",
                            type: "button",
                            handler: function() {
                                alert("Custom button clicked!");
                            },
                            scope: this,
                            props: {
                                isImage: {
                                    value: false,
                                    action: '_isSelectedAction'
                                },
                                imageButtonTooltip: {
                                    value: "Custom button tooltip",
                                    action: '_tooltipAction'
                                },
                                imageButtonIcon: {
                                    value: "ui-igbutton-bold",
                                    action: '_buttonIconAction'
                                }
                            }
                        }, {
                            //Definition for custom combo
                            name: "customCombo",
                            type: "combo",
                            handler: function(el, obj) {
                                alert("Selected item is: " + obj.value);
                            },
                            scope: this,
                            props: {
                                customComboWidth: {
                                    value: 115,
                                    action: "_comboWidthAction"
                                },
                                customComboHeight: {
                                    value: "",
                                    action: "_comboHeightAction"
                                },
                                customComboItemsListWidth: {
                                    value: 115,
                                    action: "_comboDropDownListWidth"
                                },
                                customComboSource: {
                                    value: [{
                                        text: "Item 1",
                                        value: "Item 1"
                                    }, {
                                        text: "Item 2",
                                        value: "Item 2"
                                    }],
                                    action: "_comboDataSourceAction"
                                },
                                selectedCustomComboItem: {
                                    value: "Item 2",
                                    action: "_comboSelectedItem"
                                }
                            }
                        }]
                    }]
                });

                //Get
                var customToolbar = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "customToolbars");

  • height

    Type:
    enumeration
    Default:
    350

    The height of the html editor. It can be set as a number in pixels, string (px) or percentage (%).

    Members

      • string
      • The widget height can be set in pixels (px) and percentage (%).
      • number
      • The widget height can be set as a number.

    Code Sample

     
                // Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    height: 100
                    // or
                    // height: "100%"
                });
                //Get
                var height = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "height");
                // Set
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "height", 300);

  • inputName

    Type:
    string
    Default:
    "source"

    The name attribute of the html editor source view.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    inputName: "blogContent"
                });

                //Get
                var inputName = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "inputName");

  • showCopyPasteToolbar

    Type:
    bool
    Default:
    true

    Shows/hides the "Copy Paste" toolbar.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    showCopyPasteToolbar: false
                });

                //Get
                var showCopyPasteToolbar = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "showCopyPasteToolbar");

                //Set
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "showCopyPasteToolbar", true);

  • showFormattingToolbar

    Type:
    bool
    Default:
    true

    Shows/hides the "Formatting" toolbar.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    showFormattingToolbar: false
                });

                //Get
                var showFormattingToolbar = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "showFormattingToolbar");

                //Set
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "showFormattingToolbar", true);

  • showInsertObjectToolbar

    Type:
    bool
    Default:
    true

    Shows/hides the "Insert Object" toolbar.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    showInsertObjectToolbar: false
                });

                //Get
                var showInsertObjectToolbar = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "showInsertObjectToolbar");

                //Set
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "showInsertObjectToolbar", true);

  • showTextToolbar

    Type:
    bool
    Default:
    true

    Shows/hides the "Text" toolbar.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    showTextToolbar: false
                });

                //Get
                var showTextToolbar = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "showTextToolbar");

                //Set
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "showTextToolbar", true);

  • toolbarSettings

    Type:
    array
    Default:
    []
    Elements Type:
    object

    The html editor toolbars list.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    toolbarSettings: [
                    {
                        name: "textToolbar",
                        isExpanded: false
                    }]
                });

                //Get
                var toolbarSettings = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "toolbarSettings");

  • value

    Type:
    string
    Default:
    ""

    Used to render inside the html editor as initial content.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    value: "Hello World!"
                });

                //Get
                var value = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "value");

                //Set
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "value", "Hello World!");

  • width

    Type:
    enumeration
    Default:
    725

    The width of the html editor. It can be set as a number in pixels, string (px) or percentage (%).

    Members

      • string
      • The widget width can be set in pixels (px) and percentage (%).
      • number
      • The widget width can be set as a number.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    width: 700
                    //or
                    //width: "100%"
                });
                //Get
                var width = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "width");
                // Set
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("option", "width", 300);

For more information on how to interact with the Ignite UI controls' events, refer to
Using Events in Ignite UI.

Note: Calling API methods programmatically does not raise events related to their operation unless specifically stated otherwise by the corresponding API documentation; those events are only raised by their respective user interaction.

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  • actionExecuted

    Cancellable:
    false

    Event fired after a toolbar item is clicked.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    actionExecuted: function (evt, ui) {...}
                });

                //Delegate
                $(document).delegate(".selector", "ightmleditoractionexecuted", function (evt, ui) {
                    //return reference to igHtmlEditor object
                    ui.owner
                    //return toolbar name
                    ui.toolbar;
                    //return action name
                    ui.actionName;
                });

  • actionExecuting

    Cancellable:
    true

    Event fired before a toolbar item is clicked.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    actionExecuting: function (evt, ui) {...}
                });

                //Delegate
                $(document).delegate(".selector", "ightmleditoractionexecuting", function (evt, ui) {
                    //return reference to igHtmlEditor object
                    ui.owner
                    //return toolbar name
                    ui.toolbar;
                    //return action name
                    ui.actionName;
                });

  • copy

    Cancellable:
    false

    Event is fired on keyboard copy action.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    copy: function (evt, ui) {...}
                });

                //Delegate
                $(document).delegate(".selector", "ightmleditorcopy", function (evt, ui) {
                    //return reference to igHtmlEditor object
                    ui.owner
                });

  • cut

    Cancellable:
    false

    Event is fired on keyboard cut action.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    cut: function (evt, ui) {...}
                });

                //Delegate
                $(document).delegate(".selector", "ightmleditorcut", function (evt, ui) {
                    //return reference to igHtmlEditor object
                    ui.owner
                });

  • paste

    Cancellable:
    false

    Event is fired on keyboard paste action.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    paste: function (evt, ui) {...}
                });

                //Delegate
                $(document).delegate(".selector", "ightmleditorpaste", function (evt, ui) {
                    //return reference to igHtmlEditor object
                    ui.owner
                });

  • redo

    Cancellable:
    false

    Event is fired on keyboard redo action.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    redo: function (evt, ui) {...}
                });

                //Delegate
                $(document).delegate(".selector", "ightmleditorredo", function (evt, ui) {
                    //return reference to igHtmlEditor object
                    ui.owner
                });

  • rendered

    Cancellable:
    false

    Event fired after the html editor widget has been rendered.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    rendered: function (evt, ui) {
                        //return reference to igHtmlEditor object
                        ui.owner
                    }
                });

                //Delegate
                $(document).delegate(".selector", "ightmleditorrendered", function (evt, ui) {
                    //return reference to igHtmlEditor object
                    ui.owner
                });

  • rendering

    Cancellable:
    false

    Event fired before the html editor widget is rendered.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    rendering: function (evt, ui) {
                        //return reference to igHtmlEditor object
                        ui.owner
                    }
                });

                //Delegate
                $(document).delegate(".selector", "ightmleditorrendering", function (evt, ui) {
                    //return reference to igHtmlEditor object
                    ui.owner
                });

  • toolbarCollapsed

    Cancellable:
    false

    Event fired after a toolbar is collapsed.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    toolbarCollapsed: function (evt, ui) {...}
                });

                //Delegate
                $(document).delegate(".selector", "ightmleditortoolbarcollapsed", function (evt, ui) {
                    //return reference to igHtmlEditor object
                    ui.owner
                    //return reference to toolbar object
                    ui.toolbar
                    //return reference to toolbar element object
                    ui.toolbarElement
                });

  • toolbarCollapsing

    Cancellable:
    true

    Event fired before a toolbar is collapsed.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    toolbarCollapsing: function (evt, ui) {...}
                });

                //Delegate
                $(document).delegate(".selector", "ightmleditortoolbarcollapsing", function (evt, ui) {
                    //return reference to igHtmlEditor object
                    ui.owner
                    //return reference to toolbar object
                    ui.toolbar
                    //return reference to toolbar element object
                    ui.toolbarElement
                });

  • toolbarExpanded

    Cancellable:
    false

    Event fired after a toolbar is expanded.

    Code Sample

     
                 //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    toolbarExpanding: function (evt, ui) {...}
                });

                //Delegate
                $(document).delegate(".selector", "ightmleditortoolbarexpanding", function (evt, ui) {
                    //return reference to igHtmlEditor object
                    ui.owner
                    //return reference to toolbar object
                    ui.toolbar
                    //return reference to toolbar element object
                    ui.toolbarElement
                });

  • toolbarExpanding

    Cancellable:
    true

    Event fired before a toolbar is expanded.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    toolbarExpanded: function (evt, ui) {...}
                });

                //Delegate
                $(document).delegate(".selector", "ightmleditortoolbarexpanded", function (evt, ui) {
                    //return reference to igHtmlEditor object
                    ui.owner
                    //return reference to toolbar object
                    ui.toolbar
                    //return reference to toolbar element object
                    ui.toolbarElement
                });

  • undo

    Cancellable:
    false

    Event is fired on keyboard undo action.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    undo: function (evt, ui) {...}
                });

                //Delegate
                $(document).delegate(".selector", "ightmleditorundo", function (evt, ui) {
                    //return reference to igHtmlEditor object
                    ui.owner
                });

  • workspaceResized

    Cancellable:
    false

    Event is fired after the workspace has been resized.

    Code Sample

     
                //Initialize
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor({
                    workspaceResized: function (evt, ui) {...}
                });

                //Delegate
                $(document).delegate(".selector", "ightmleditorworkspaceresized", function (evt, ui) {
                    //return reference to igHtmlEditor object
                    ui.owner
                });

  • contentDocument

    .igHtmlEditor( "contentDocument" );
    Return Type:
    object
    Return Type Description:
    The document object associated with the Html Editor's content editable area.

    Returns the document object associated with the Html Editor's content editable area.

    Code Sample

     
                var htmlEditorDocument = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("contentDocument");

  • contentEditable

    .igHtmlEditor( "contentEditable" );
    Return Type:
    object
    Return Type Description:
    The content editable associated with this Html Editor.

    Returns the content editable associated with this Html Editor.

    Code Sample

     
                var htmlEditorContentEditable = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("contentEditable");

  • contentWindow

    .igHtmlEditor( "contentWindow" );
    Return Type:
    object
    Return Type Description:
    The window object associated with the Html Editor's content editable area.

    Returns the window object associated with the Html Editor's content editable area.

    Code Sample

     
                var htmlEditorContentWindow = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("contentWindow");

  • destroy

    .igHtmlEditor( "destroy" );

    Destroys the widget.

    Code Sample

     
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("destroy");

  • executeAction

    .igHtmlEditor( "executeAction", actionName:string, [args:object] );

    Executes htmleditor commands.

    • actionName
    • Type:string
    • The command name.
    • args
    • Type:object
    • Optional
    • Additional parameter for the command.

    Code Sample

     
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "increasefontsize");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "bold");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "italic");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "underline");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "strikethrough");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "decreasefontsize");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "fontname", "Lucida Console");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "fontname", "Verdana");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "fontsize", "5");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "formatBlock", "h6");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "forecolor", "blue");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "backcolor", "red");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "justifyright");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "justifycenter");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "justifyleft");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "justifyfull");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "insertunorderedlist");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "insertorderedlist");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "outdent");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "indent");

                //Works on Internet Explorer only
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "cut");
                //Works on Internet Explorer only
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "copy");
                //Works on Internet Explorer only
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("executeAction", "paste");

  • getContent

    .igHtmlEditor( "getContent", format:string );
    Return Type:
    string
    Return Type Description:
    The editor content.

    Gets the content of the html editor.

    • format
    • Type:string
    • Returns the content as html or plain text. Values can be "text" or "html".

    Code Sample

     
                var plainContent = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("getContent", "text");
                var htmlContent = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("getContent", "html");

  • insertAtCaret

    .igHtmlEditor( "insertAtCaret", element:object );

    Inserts the provided content at the position of the caret.

    • element
    • Type:object
    • Accepts html string, DOM element or a jQuery object.

    Code Sample

     
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("insertAtCaret", "<div />");

  • isDirty

    .igHtmlEditor( "isDirty" );

    Returns true/false if the editor contents were modified or not.

    Code Sample

     
                var isDirty = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("isDirty");

  • range

    .igHtmlEditor( "range" );
    Return Type:
    object
    Return Type Description:
    Returns Range object that represent the current range in the content editable.

    Returns Range object that represent the current range in the content editable.

    Code Sample

     
                var range = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("range");

  • resizeWorkspace

    .igHtmlEditor( "resizeWorkspace" );

    Resizes the height of the workspace.

    Code Sample

     
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("resizeWorkspace");

  • selection

    .igHtmlEditor( "selection" );
    Return Type:
    object
    Return Type Description:
    Returns Selection object that represent the current selection in the content editable.

    Returns Selection object that represent the current selection in the content editable.

    Code Sample

     
                var selection = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("selection");

  • setContent

    .igHtmlEditor( "setContent", content:string, format:string );

    Sets the content of the html editor.

    • content
    • Type:string
    • The content which will be set.
    • format
    • Type:string
    • The content type: "text" or "html".

    Code Sample

     
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("setContent", "Hello World!", "text");
                $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("setContent", "<h1>Hello World!</h1>", "html");

  • widget

    .igHtmlEditor( "widget" );

    Returns the element on which the widget was instantiated.

    Code Sample

     
                var widget = $(".selector").igHtmlEditor("widget");

  • ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all ui-ightmleditor ui-helper-clearfix

    The widget base class css.

  • ui-ightmleditor-content

    The html editor content styles.

  • ui-igpathfinder

    The html editor dom navigation toolbar css.

  • ui-igtoolbars-holder

    The html editor toolbars style.

  • ui-widget-content

    The workspace css.

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