I'm trying to embed tinymce into my website which is built using Angular2.
Following is my component:
export class myComponent implements OnInit {
//some code
constructor(private af: AngularFire) {
// some code
}
ngOnInit():any {
tinymce.init(
{
selector: ".tinymce",
});
}
}
And in side my html, there is:
<textarea class="tinymce" rows="15"></textarea>
But there is error saying "Cannot find name 'tinymce'
" but I have already include
<script src='//cdn.tinymce.com/4/tinymce.min.js'></script>
inside the head of html.
Did I do something wrong? Is my initialization incorrect?
Here's what I've used for myself, on RC6. First I'll show the usage:
<h1>The Editor</h1>
<textarea htmlEditor [(ngModel)]="txt"></textarea>
<h1>The HTML Source</h1>
<textarea [(ngModel)]="txt"></textarea>
<h1>The Rendered HTML</h1>
<div [innerHTML]="txt"></div>
So the usage is pretty simple and straightforward, the HTML result of the editor is moved to the value of the textarea
(I trigger the update on blur
event)
And here's the directive definition (Typescript):
import {
Directive,
OnDestroy,
AfterViewInit,
Provider,
forwardRef,
HostBinding
} from '@angular/core';
import { NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR, ControlValueAccessor } from '@angular/forms';
import { DomSanitizer } from '@angular/platform-browser';
declare var tinymce: any;
export const TinyMceValueAccessor: Provider = {
provide: NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR,
useExisting: forwardRef(() => TinyMceDirective2),
multi: true
};
// Tinymce directive
@Directive({
selector: '[htmlEditor]',
providers: [TinyMceValueAccessor]
})
export class TinyMceDirective2 implements OnDestroy, AfterViewInit, ControlValueAccessor {
static nextUniqueId = 0;
@HostBinding('attr.data-tinymce-uniqueid') uniqueId;
onTouchedCallback: () => void = () => { };
onChangeCallback: (_: any) => void = () => { };
innerValue;
init = false;
constructor(private sanitizer: DomSanitizer) {
this.uniqueId = `tinymce-host-${TinyMceDirective2.nextUniqueId++}`;
}
//get accessor
get value(): any {
return this.innerValue;
};
//set accessor including call the onchange callback
set value(v: any) {
if (v !== this.innerValue) {
this.innerValue = v;
this.onChangeCallback(v);
}
}
ngAfterViewInit(): void {
console.log('tinymce');
tinymce.init({
selector: `[data-tinymce-uniqueid=${this.uniqueId}]`,
schema: 'html5',
setup: ed => {
ed.on('init', ed2 => {
if (this.innerValue) ed2.target.setContent(this.innerValue);
this.init = true;
});
}
});
// I chose to send an update on blur, you may choose otherwise
tinymce.activeEditor.on('blur', () => this.updateValue());
}
updateValue() {
const content = tinymce.activeEditor.getContent();
this.value = this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustHtml(content);
}
writeValue(value): void {
if (value !== this.innerValue) {
this.innerValue = value;
if (this.init && value) tinymce.activeEditor.setContent(value);
}
}
registerOnChange(fn): void {
this.onChangeCallback = fn;
}
registerOnTouched(fn): void {
this.onTouchedCallback = fn;
}
ngOnDestroy(): void {
if (this.init) tinymce.remove(`[data-tinymce-uniqueid=${this.uniqueId}]`);
}
}
Some highlights:
- I'm using
NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR
to provide for two way binding using ngModel
- I'm assigning a unique id to a custom attribute on the host element so that tinymce only initializes that specific element and no others.
- I'm sending value updates only on
blur
events, but you may use a different strategy, for example using debounce time.
- I'm using
DomSanitizer
to bypass sanitization, since tinymce sometimes outputs html which triggers Angular 2 sanitization.
I have a nice working plunker using Angular2 and TinyMCE using
<script src="//cdn.tinymce.com/4/tinymce.min.js"></script>
http://plnkr.co/edit/E5Yzk9KT9nSWlPU6i1ZK?p=preview
I'm on Angular v4 final. Here's how I implemented the TinyMCE editor:
tiny-editor.component.ts
imports...
declare var tinymce: any;
const contentAccessor = {
provide: NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR,
useExisting: forwardRef(() => TinyEditorComponent),
multi: true
};
@Component({
selector: 'app-tiny-editor',
styleUrls: ['./tiny-editor.component.scss'],
providers: [contentAccessor],
template: `
<textarea id="{{elementId}}"></textarea>
`
})
export class TinyEditorComponent implements AfterViewInit, ControlValueAccessor {
private onTouch: Function;
private onModelChange: Function;
registerOnTouched(fn) {
this.onTouch = fn;
}
registerOnChange(fn) {
this.onModelChange = fn;
}
writeValue(value) {
this.editorContent = value;
}
@Input() elementId: String;
@Output() onEditorContentChange = new EventEmitter();
constructor() { }
editor;
editorContent: string = null;
ngAfterViewInit() {
tinymce.init({
selector: `#${this.elementId}`,
plugins: ['link', 'table'],
skin_url: '../assets/skins/lightgray',
schema: 'html5',
setup: editor => {
this.editor = editor;
editor.on('keyup change', () => {
const tinyContent = editor.getContent();
this.editorContent = tinyContent;
this.onEditorContentChange.emit(tinyContent);
this.onModelChange(tinyContent);
this.onTouch();
console.log(tinyContent);
});
}
});
}
}
create-article.component.html
<form [formGroup]="form" (ngSubmit)="onSubmit()">
<app-tiny-editor
formControlName="content"
[elementId]="'my-editor'">
</app-tiny-editor>
This seems to be working, although when rendering out the form.value there's some delay in the content showing.