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  • Introduction
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  1. Reference
  2. Page Elements
  3. Misc Elements

Plain Text / Code Editor

The aceeditor element is great for editing HTML, CSS, JSON, or any other type of code in your app. This is the same element that is used by throughout the BetterForms interface.

Key
Value(s)
Type
Description

type

aceeditor

string

lang

string

code language options: html, javascript, markdown, plain_text, css, json

model

string, object or array

the field or JSON node of the model used for the source

getAsJSON

optional

boolean

if true, the model is stringified for editing. This allows you to edit the JSON directly in the MODEL (vs it being stored as a string (all other languages)

height

optional

string

default of 700px else element height can be specified 300px, 70% are valid values.

theme

optional

string

The theme used in the editor

TODO add support for options {}

Example

// Sample JSON editor ( will put stringified json text into the model field )
{
  "getAsJSON": false,
  "height": "500px",
  "label": "EDIT Some JSON",
  "lang": "json",
  "model": "sourceCode",
  "styleClasses": "col-md-12",
  "type": "aceeditor"
}
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