@ckeditor/ckeditor5-essentials
Advanced tools
Essential editing features for CKEditor 5.
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-essentials is a package that provides essential features for CKEditor 5, a modern JavaScript rich text editor. It includes basic functionalities such as undo, redo, and clipboard support, which are fundamental for any text editing experience.
Undo
This feature allows users to undo and redo their actions within the editor. The code sample demonstrates how to include the Essentials plugin in a CKEditor 5 instance and add undo/redo buttons to the toolbar.
import Essentials from '@ckeditor/ckeditor5-essentials/src/essentials';
import ClassicEditor from '@ckeditor/ckeditor5-editor-classic/src/classiceditor';
ClassicEditor
.create( document.querySelector( '#editor' ), {
plugins: [ Essentials ],
toolbar: [ 'undo', 'redo' ]
} )
.catch( error => {
console.error( error );
} );Clipboard
This feature provides clipboard support, allowing users to copy, cut, and paste content within the editor. The code sample shows how to configure the CKEditor 5 instance to include clipboard functionalities.
import Essentials from '@ckeditor/ckeditor5-essentials/src/essentials';
import ClassicEditor from '@ckeditor/ckeditor5-editor-classic/src/classiceditor';
ClassicEditor
.create( document.querySelector( '#editor' ), {
plugins: [ Essentials ],
toolbar: [ 'copy', 'cut', 'paste' ]
} )
.catch( error => {
console.error( error );
} );Quill is a modern WYSIWYG editor built for compatibility and extensibility. It offers similar functionalities to CKEditor 5 Essentials, such as undo/redo and clipboard support, but also includes a more extensive set of features out of the box. Quill is known for its ease of use and flexibility in customization.
TinyMCE is another popular rich text editor that provides a wide range of features, including undo/redo and clipboard support. It is highly customizable and offers a robust plugin architecture, making it comparable to CKEditor 5 Essentials in terms of functionality and extensibility.
Draft.js is a JavaScript rich text editor framework developed by Facebook. It provides similar core functionalities like undo/redo and clipboard support. Draft.js is highly extensible and allows developers to build complex text editing experiences, but it requires more setup and configuration compared to CKEditor 5 Essentials.
Essential editing features for CKEditor 5 wrapped in one plugin.
The Essentials plugin includes all fundamental editing features:
See the @ckeditor/ckeditor5-essentials package page in CKEditor 5 documentation.
npm install ckeditor5
Licensed under the terms of GNU General Public License Version 2 or later. For full details about the license, please check the LICENSE.md file or https://ckeditor.com/legal/ckeditor-oss-license.
43.3.1 (November 6, 2024)
We are happy to announce the release of CKEditor 5 v43.3.1.
We had to revert a change introduced in v43.3.0 related to the icons export in one of our packages. This was due to unforeseen TypeScript issues in some setups.
Token class is now exported as a value instead of a type only. (commit)Check out the Versioning policy guide for more information.
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Essential editing features for CKEditor 5.
The npm package @ckeditor/ckeditor5-essentials receives a total of 391,007 weekly downloads. As such, @ckeditor/ckeditor5-essentials popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @ckeditor/ckeditor5-essentials demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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