Angular PrimeNG Form Editor Custom Toolbar Component

Last Updated : 17 Oct, 2022

Angular PrimeNG is an open-source framework with a rich set of native Angular UI components that are used for great styling and this framework is used to make responsive websites with very much ease. This article will show us how to use the Form Editor Custom Toolbar Component in Angular PrimeNG. We will also learn about the various properties and syntaxes used in the code example.

The Angular PrimeNG Form Editor is a Quill-based rich text editor component. The form editor toolbar may be customized to have various editing options accessible as per the user’s requirements.

Angular PrimeNG Form Editor Custom Toolbar Component properties:

style: It is used to style the container inline.

Syntax:

<p-editor [(ngModel)]="..." [style]="{...}">
    <ng-template pTemplate="header">
        <span class="ql-formats">
            .......
        </span>
    </ng-template>
</p-editor>

Creating Angular application & module installation:

Step 1: Create an Angular application using the following command.

ng new appname

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. appname, move to it using the following command.

cd appname

Step 3: Install PrimeNG in your given directory.

npm install primeng --save
npm install primeicons --save

Project Structure: It will look like the following.

To run the above file run the below command:

ng serve --save

Example 1: Below is the example that illustrates the use of Angular PrimeNG Form Editor Custom Toolbar Component using Bold, Italic, Strike, Clean, Image, and Link editing options.

app.component.html:

HTML

<h2 style="color: green"> 
    GeeksforGeeks 
</h2> 
  
<h5> 
    Angular PrimeNG Form 
    Editor Custom Toolbar Component 
</h5> 
  
<p-editor [style]="{ height: '350px' }"> 
    <ng-template pTemplate="header"> 
        <span class="ql-formats"> 
            <button type="button" 
                class="ql-bold" 
                aria-label="Bold"> 
            </button> 
            <button type="button" 
                class="ql-italic" 
                aria-label="Italic"> 
            </button> 
            <button type="button" 
                class="ql-underline" 
                aria-label="Underline"> 
            </button> 
            <button type="button" 
                class="ql-clean" 
                aria-label="clean"> 
            </button> 
            <button type="button" 
                class="ql-image" 
                aria-label="Image"> 
            </button> 
            <button type="button" 
                class="ql-link" 
                aria-label="Link"> 
            </button> 
        </span> 
    </ng-template> 
</p-editor>

app.component.ts:

Javascript

import { Component } from '@angular/core'; 
import { MenuItem } from 'primeng/api'; 
  
@Component({ 
    selector: 'app-root', 
    templateUrl: './app.component.html'
}) 
export class AppComponent { }

app.module.ts:

Javascript

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'; 
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'; 
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms'; 
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } 
    from '@angular/platform-browser/animations'; 
import { EditorModule } from 'primeng/editor'; 
import { AppComponent } from './app.component'; 
import { InputMaskModule } from 'primeng/inputmask'; 
  
@NgModule({ 
    imports: [ 
        EditorModule, 
        BrowserModule, 
        BrowserAnimationsModule, 
        InputMaskModule, 
        FormsModule 
    ], 
    declarations: [AppComponent], 
    bootstrap: [AppComponent] 
}) 
  
export class AppModule { }

Output:

Example 2: Below is another example that illustrates the use of Angular PrimeNG Form Editor Custom Toolbar Component using Bold, Italic, Strike, Strike, blockquote, and code-block editing options.

app.component.html:

HTML

<h2 style="color: green"> 
    GeeksforGeeks 
</h2> 
  
<h5> 
    Angular PrimeNG Form  
    Editor Custom Toolbar Component 
</h5> 
  
<p-editor [style]="{ height: '150px' }"> 
    <ng-template pTemplate="header"> 
        <span class="ql-formats"> 
            <button 
                type="button" 
                class="ql-bold" 
                aria-label="Bold"> 
            </button> 
            <button 
                type="button" 
                class="ql-italic" 
                aria-label="Italic"> 
            </button> 
            <button
                type="button"
                class="ql-underline"
                aria-label="Underline"> 
            </button> 
            <button 
                type="button" 
                class="ql-strike" 
                aria-label="strike"> 
            </button> 
            <button 
                type="button" 
                class="ql-blockquote" 
                aria-label="blockquote"> 
            </button> 
            <button 
                type="button" 
                class="ql-code-block" 
                aria-label="code-block"> 
            </button> 
        </span> 
    </ng-template> 
</p-editor>

app.component.ts:

Javascript

import { Component } from '@angular/core'; 
import { MenuItem } from 'primeng/api'; 
  
@Component({ 
    selector: 'app-root', 
    templateUrl: './app.component.html'
}) 
export class AppComponent { }

app.module.ts:

Javascript

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'; 
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'; 
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms'; 
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } 
    from '@angular/platform-browser/animations'; 
import { EditorModule } from 'primeng/editor'; 
import { AppComponent } from './app.component'; 
import { InputMaskModule } from 'primeng/inputmask'; 
  
@NgModule({ 
    imports: [ 
        EditorModule, 
        BrowserModule, 
        BrowserAnimationsModule, 
        InputMaskModule, 
        FormsModule 
    ], 
    declarations: [AppComponent], 
    bootstrap: [AppComponent] 
}) 
  
export class AppModule { }