In this article, we will know about the Summernote Editor & its usage along with will understand its implementation through the example. The Summernote Editor is a free & open-source super simple WYSIWYG editor based on Bootstrap & jQuery. It is a JavaScript library that can be useful to build the WYSIWYG editors online. It is maintained under MIT license by a large community. It is easy to use & contains many customizable options. It can easily be implemented in any framework like React, Django, Angular, etc.
Features:
- Lightweight Rich Text Editor
- Easy installation
- Easy integration with any framework
- Simple UI
- Lots of customization available.
- Free & Open-source
- Interactive WYSIWYG editing
There are 2 ways to use the Summernote Editor on our web page:
- Using the downloaded precompiled and minified versions of CSS and JavaScript files from their official site.
- Using the available CDN links for summernote CSS & js, jQuery, and Bootstrap.
We can use either of the methods to build the static site with the text editor and the content.
Approach:
- First, download the minified precompiled version of Summernote from the official website.
- Extract it & place it in the current working folder.
- Create an index.html file & declare the Bootstrap & jQuery links inside the <head> tag.
- After completing these steps, the project structure will look like the following image.
Import the Summernote:
- First, let us import the Bootstrap from CDNs in the index.html file. All the following codes should be placed inside the Head Tags.
<!– Include libraries(jQuery, bootstrap) –>
<link href=”https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css” rel=”stylesheet”/>
<script src=”https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js”></script>
<script src=”https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js”></script>
- Next import the summernote CSS and JS files.
<link href=”/src/summernote-0.8.18-dist/summernote-bs4.min.css” rel=”stylesheet”/>
<script src=”/src/summernote-0.8.18-dist/summernote-bs4.min.js”></script>
- Now in the <body> tag, initialize the summernote editor.
<div id=”myeditor”></div>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#myeditor").summernote({
placeholder: "Write your content here",
height: 200,
});
});
</script>
Now, our Text Editor has been initialized.
Example: This example illustrates the use of the Summernote Editor to build & facilitate the editor in the web pages.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <title>neveropen Editor</title> <link href= rel="stylesheet" /> <script src= </script> <script src= </script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/src/summernote-0.8.18-dist/summernote-bs4.min.css" /> <script src="/src/summernote-0.8.18-dist/summernote-bs4.min.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/src/summernote-0.8.18-dist/summernote.css" /> <script src="/src/summernote-0.8.18-dist/summernote.js"></script> </head> <body> <h1>neveropen Editor</h1> <div id="myeditor"></div> <button type="button" class="btn btn-success" onclick="showContent()"> Show </button> <div id="myContent" class="container"></div> <script> $(document).ready(function() { $("#myeditor").summernote({ placeholder: "Write your content here", height: 200, }); }); function showContent() { document.getElementById("myContent").innerHTML = $("#myeditor").summernote("code"); } </script> </body> </html> |
Output:
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Microsoft Edge
- Internet Explorer
- Opera
- Safari
Reference: https://summernote.org/
