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Summernote
Summernote is a JavaScript library that helps you create WYSIWYG editors with a simple and easy-to-use interface. Summernote is licensed under MIT and maintained by the community.
Homepage: https://summernote.org
Why Summernote?
Summernote has a few special features:
- Simple and User-friendly: Providing a simple and intuitive interface that allows users
- Easy to install: Just include the JS/CSS files on your HTML and create a div tag to get started.
- Compatible with Bootstrap: Bootstrap 3, 4, and 5.
- Rich ecosystem: A wide array of plugins and connectors are available, enhancing functionality and integration options.
- Easy image handling: Images are automatically embedded in the content using base64 encoding, eliminating the need for separate image management
How to Use
Summernote is built on jQuery.
How to install
1. Include JS/CSS
Include the following code in the <head> tag of your HTML:
<!-- include libraries(jQuery, bootstrap) -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
<!-- include summernote css/js-->
<link href="summernote-bs5.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="summernote-bs5.js"></script>
2. Place a div tag
Then place a div tag somewhere in the body tag. This element will be replaced with the summernote editor.
<div id="summernote">Hello Summernote</div>
3. Initialize Summernote
Finally, initialize Summernote with the following JavaScript:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#summernote').summernote();
});
For more examples, please visit to homepage.
API
Summernote provides a set of API. For example, you can use the following code to get the HTML source code underlying the text in the editor:
var html = $('#summernote').summernote('code');
For more detail about API, please refer to document.
Warning - code injection The code view allows the user to enter script contents. Make sure to filter/sanitize the HTML on the server. Otherwise, an attacker can inject arbitrary JavaScript code into clients.
For contributing
See the CONTRIBUTING.md for details on how to contribute to Summernote.
Contributors ✨
Thanks go to these incredible people:
Sponsors
Is your company using Summernote? Ask your boss to support us. It will help us dedicate more time to maintain this project and to make it even better for all our users. Also, your company logo will show up on here and on our website: -) [Become a sponsor]
Backers
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FAQs
Super simple WYSIWYG editor
The npm package summernote receives a total of 104,166 weekly downloads. As such, summernote popularity was classified as popular.
We found that summernote demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 09 Oct 2024
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