How to add Summernote Editor in webpage ?

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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.

<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>zambiatek Editor</title> 
    <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> 
    <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>zambiatek 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>