Richtext editor for react native

react-native-cn-richtext-editor

Richtext editor for react native.

Installation

Install using npm:

npm i react-native-cn-richtext-editor

Install using yarn:

yarn add react-native-cn-richtext-editor

Usage

Here is a simple overview of our components usage.

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { View, StyleSheet, Keyboard
, TouchableWithoutFeedback, Text
, KeyboardAvoidingView } from 'react-native';

import  CNRichTextEditor , { CNToolbar, getInitialObject , getDefaultStyles } from "react-native-cn-richtext-editor";

const defaultStyles = getDefaultStyles();

class App extends Component {
 
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        
        this.state = {
            selectedTag : 'body',
            selectedStyles : [],
            value: [getInitialObject()]
        };

        this.editor = null;
    }

    onStyleKeyPress = (toolType) => {
        this.editor.applyToolbar(toolType);
    }

    onSelectedTagChanged = (tag) => {
        this.setState({
            selectedTag: tag
        })
    }

    onSelectedStyleChanged = (styles) => { 
        this.setState({
            selectedStyles: styles,
        })
    }

    onValueChanged = (value) => {
        this.setState({
            value: value
        });
    }


    render() {
        return (
            <KeyboardAvoidingView 
            behavior="padding" 
            enabled
            keyboardVerticalOffset={0}
            style={{
                flex: 1,
                paddingTop: 20,
                backgroundColor:'#eee',
                flexDirection: 'column', 
                justifyContent: 'flex-end', 
            }}
            >
                <TouchableWithoutFeedback onPress={Keyboard.dismiss} >             
                    <View style={styles.main}>
                        <CNRichTextEditor                   
                            ref={input => this.editor = input}
                            onSelectedTagChanged={this.onSelectedTagChanged}
                            onSelectedStyleChanged={this.onSelectedStyleChanged}
                            value={this.state.value}
                            style={{ backgroundColor : '#fff'}}
                            styleList={defaultStyles}
                            onValueChanged={this.onValueChanged}
                        />                        
                    </View>
                </TouchableWithoutFeedback>

                <View style={{
                    minHeight: 35
                }}>

                    <CNToolbar
                        size={28}
                        bold={<Text style={[styles.toolbarButton, styles.boldButton]}>B</Text>}
                        italic={<Text style={[styles.toolbarButton, styles.italicButton]}>I</Text>}
                        underline={<Text style={[styles.toolbarButton, styles.underlineButton]}>U</Text>}
                        lineThrough={<Text style={[styles.toolbarButton, styles.lineThroughButton]}>S</Text>}
                        body={<Text style={styles.toolbarButton}>T</Text>}
                        title={<Text style={styles.toolbarButton}>h1</Text>}
                        heading={<Text style={styles.toolbarButton}>h3</Text>}
                        ul={<Text style={styles.toolbarButton}>ul</Text>}
                        ol={<Text style={styles.toolbarButton}>ol</Text>}
                        
                        selectedTag={this.state.selectedTag}
                        selectedStyles={this.state.selectedStyles}
                        onStyleKeyPress={this.onStyleKeyPress} />
                </View>
        </KeyboardAvoidingView>
        );
    }

}

var styles = StyleSheet.create({
    main: {
        flex: 1,
        marginTop: 10,
        paddingLeft: 30,
        paddingRight: 30,
        paddingBottom: 1,
        alignItems: 'stretch',
    },
    toolbarButton: {
        fontSize: 20,
        width: 28,
        height: 28,
        textAlign: 'center'
    },
    italicButton: {
        fontStyle: 'italic'
    },
    boldButton: {
        fontWeight: 'bold'
    },
    underlineButton: {
        textDecorationLine: 'underline'
    },
    lineThroughButton: {
        textDecorationLine: 'line-through'
    },
});


export default App;

More Advanced TextEditor

You need to put more effort :) to use more advanced features of CNRichTextEditor such as:

• Image Uploading
• Highlighting Text
• Change Text Color

Actually we did not implement 'Toolbar buttons and menus' and 'Image Uploading Process' because it totally depends on using expo or pure react-native and also what other packages you prefer to use.

To see an example of how to implement more advanced feature of this editor please check this Link.

Also be noticed that this example is writen with expo and required 'react-native-popup-menu' package.

Props

CNRichTextEditor

Name	Description	Required
onSelectedTagChanged	this event triggers when selected tag of editor is changed.	No
onSelectedStyleChanged	this event triggers when selected style of editor is changed.	No
onValueChanged	this event triggers when value of editor is changed.	No
value	an array object which keeps value of the editor	Yes
styleList	an object consist of styles name and values (use getDefaultStyles function)	Yes

CNToolbar

Name	Required	Description
selectedTag	Yes	selected tag of the editor
selectedStyles	Yes	selected style of the editor
onStyleKeyPress	Yes	this event triggers when user press one of toolbar keys
size	No	font size of toolbar buttons
bold	No	a component which renders as bold button
italic	No	a component which renders as italic button
underline	No	a component which renders as underline button
lineThrough	No	a component which renders as lineThrough button
body	No	a component which renders as body button
title	No	a component which renders as title button
ul	No	a component which renders as ul button
ol	No	a component which renders as ol button
image	No	a component which renders as image button
highlight	No	a component which renders as highlight button
foreColor	No	a component which renders as foreColor button

Functions

Name	Param	Returns	Description
getInitialObject	-	javascript object	create a initial value for the editor.
convertToHtmlString	array	string	this function converts value of editor to html string (use it to keep value as html in db)
convertToObject	string	array	converts html back to array for RichTextEditor value (use this function only for html string created by convertToHtmlString function)
getDefaultStyles	-	javascript object	creates required styles for the editor.

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