A WYSIWYG Rich Text Editor with contentEditable attribute

a-wysiwyg-rich-text-editor-with-contenteditable-attribute.markdown

A WYSIWYG Rich Text Editor with contentEditable attribute

A Pen by Monty on CodePen.

License.

index.html

<link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Dosis|Candal' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<div class="toolbar">
  <a href="#" data-command='undo'><i class='fa fa-undo'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='redo'><i class='fa fa-repeat'></i></a>
  <div class="fore-wrapper"><i class='fa fa-font' style='color:#C96;'></i>
    <div class="fore-palette">
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="back-wrapper"><i class='fa fa-font' style='background:#C96;'></i>
    <div class="back-palette">
    </div>
  </div>
  <a href="#" data-command='bold'><i class='fa fa-bold'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='italic'><i class='fa fa-italic'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='underline'><i class='fa fa-underline'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='strikeThrough'><i class='fa fa-strikethrough'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='justifyLeft'><i class='fa fa-align-left'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='justifyCenter'><i class='fa fa-align-center'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='justifyRight'><i class='fa fa-align-right'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='justifyFull'><i class='fa fa-align-justify'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='indent'><i class='fa fa-indent'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='outdent'><i class='fa fa-outdent'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='insertUnorderedList'><i class='fa fa-list-ul'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='insertOrderedList'><i class='fa fa-list-ol'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='h1'>H1</a>
  <a href="#" data-command='h2'>H2</a>
  <a href="#" data-command='createlink'><i class='fa fa-link'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='unlink'><i class='fa fa-unlink'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='insertimage'><i class='fa fa-image'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='p'>P</a>
  <a href="#" data-command='subscript'><i class='fa fa-subscript'></i></a>
  <a href="#" data-command='superscript'><i class='fa fa-superscript'></i></a>
</div>
<div id='editor' contenteditable>
  <h1>A Heading.</h1>
  <p>Some text that you can format. Try inserting an image or a link.</p>
</div>

script.js

var colorPalette = ['000000', 'FF9966', '6699FF', '99FF66', 'CC0000', '00CC00', '0000CC', '333333', '0066FF', 'FFFFFF'];
var forePalette = $('.fore-palette');
var backPalette = $('.back-palette');

for (var i = 0; i < colorPalette.length; i++) {
  forePalette.append('<a href="#" data-command="forecolor" data-value="' + '#' + colorPalette[i] + '" style="background-color:' + '#' + colorPalette[i] + ';" class="palette-item"></a>');
  backPalette.append('<a href="#" data-command="backcolor" data-value="' + '#' + colorPalette[i] + '" style="background-color:' + '#' + colorPalette[i] + ';" class="palette-item"></a>');
}

$('.toolbar a').click(function(e) {
  var command = $(this).data('command');
  if (command == 'h1' || command == 'h2' || command == 'p') {
    document.execCommand('formatBlock', false, command);
  }
  if (command == 'forecolor' || command == 'backcolor') {
    document.execCommand($(this).data('command'), false, $(this).data('value'));
  }
    if (command == 'createlink' || command == 'insertimage') {
  url = prompt('Enter the link here: ','http:\/\/'); document.execCommand($(this).data('command'), false, url);
  }
  else document.execCommand($(this).data('command'), false, null);
});

scripts

<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>

style.css

body {
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: 600px;
  font-family: 'Dosis';
}

a{
  cursor:pointer;
}

#editor {
  box-shadow: 0 0 2px #CCC;
  min-height: 150px;
  overflow: auto;
  padding: 1em;
  margin-top: 20px;
  resize: vertical;
  outline: none;
}

.toolbar {
  text-align: center;
}

.toolbar a,
.fore-wrapper,
.back-wrapper {
  border: 1px solid #AAA;
  background: #FFF;
  font-family: 'Candal';
  border-radius: 1px;
  color: black;
  padding: 5px;
  width: 1.5em;
  margin: -2px;
  margin-top: 10px;
  display: inline-block;
  text-decoration: none;
  box-shadow: 0px 1px 0px #CCC;
}

.toolbar a:hover, .fore-wrapper:hover, .back-wrapper:hover {
  background: #f2f2f2;
  border-color: #8c8c8c;
}

a[data-command='redo'],a[data-command='strikeThrough'],a[data-command='justifyFull'],a[data-command='insertOrderedList'],a[data-command='outdent'],a[data-command='p'],a[data-command='superscript']{
  margin-right:5px;
  border-radius:0 3px 3px 0;
}

a[data-command='undo'],.fore-wrapper,a[data-command='justifyLeft'],a[data-command='insertUnorderedList'],a[data-command='indent'],a[data-command='h1'],a[data-command='subscript']{
  border-radius:3px 0 0 3px;
}

a.palette-item {
  height: 1em;
  border-radius: 3px;
  margin: 2px 1px;
  width: 1em;
}

.fore-palette,
.back-palette {
  display: none;
}

.fore-wrapper,
.back-wrapper {
  display: inline-block;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.fore-wrapper:hover .fore-palette,
.back-wrapper:hover .back-palette {
  display: block;
  float: left;
  position: absolute;
  padding: 3px;
  width: 10em;
  background: #FFF;
  border: 1px solid #DDD;
  box-shadow: 0 0 5px #CCC;
  height: 4.4em;
}

.fore-wrapper:hover .fore-palette {
  left: 34%;
  top: 42px;
}

.back-wrapper:hover .back-palette {
  left: 36%;
  top: 42px;
}

.fore-palette a,
.back-palette a {
  background: #FFF;
  margin-bottom: 2px;
}

styles

<link href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.5.0/css/font-awesome.css" rel="stylesheet" />