Afe - Angular (current v.6.1.0) Froala Editor

What I developed?

Own module (afe-editor) with editor (Froala Editor) included and visual notification (Toastr) for error.

This module is the HTML editor for Angular 6 makes it easy to use and allows you to make preliminary settings that will be common to all the modules and components in which you will use Froala Editor.

How to use

Step 1

Download from gihub

https://github.com/AGorkovenko/angular-2-froala

and put in your project (exp. in folder ./app )

install editor

npm install froala-editor

install notification lib

npm install --save toastr

Step 2

Import module

import {BrowserModule} from "@angular/platform-browser";
import {NgModule} from "@angular/core";
import {CommonModule} from "@angular/common";
import {FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule} from "@angular/forms";
import {AppComponent} from "./app.component";

// Import to your main or other module
import {AfeEditorModule} from "./afe-editor/afe-editor.module";

@NgModule({
	declarations: [
		AppComponent
	],
	imports: [
		BrowserModule,
		CommonModule,
		FormsModule,
		ReactiveFormsModule,
		
		// Add module
		AfeEditorModule
	],
	providers: [],
	bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule {
}

Step 3

Set some options in file /afe-editor/afe-editor-options-init.ts

...

AFE_EDITOR_OPTIONS = {
	...
		
	// Example: custom toolbar
	// more you can find here
	// https://www.froala.com/wysiwyg-editor/docs/options
	
	toolbarButtons: [
		"paragraphFormat",
		"bold",
		"italic",
		"|",
		"formatOL",
		"formatUL",
		"quote",
		"-",
		"insertLink",
		"insertImage"
	],
	imageUploadURL: this.editorService.UPLOAD_IMAGE_API,
	...
}

...

Step 4

Customize some variables and method in service /afe-editor/afe-editor.service.ts

...

// URL of api end-point for uploading image

UPLOAD_IMAGE_API: string = environment.serverAddress + "/image";

...

Step 5

Use in component

HTML template

<afe-editor formControlName="editorField"></afe-editor>

Angular 6 component

export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
	
	testForm: FormGroup;
	
	constructor(private fb: FormBuilder) {
	}
	
	ngOnInit(): void {
		this.testForm = this.fb.group({
			editorField: new FormControl("", Validators.required)
		});
	}
}

Step 6

Add all style and scripts to your angular.json

"styles": [
	...
	"node_modules/ngx-toastr/toastr.css",
	"node_modules/froala-editor/css/froala_editor.pkgd.min.css",
	"node_modules/froala-editor/css/froala_style.min.css",
	"node_modules/froala-editor/css/themes/dark.min.css",
	"node_modules/froala-editor/css/themes/gray.min.css",
	"node_modules/froala-editor/css/themes/red.min.css",
	"node_modules/froala-editor/css/themes/royal.min.css",
	"node_modules/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css",
	...
],
"scripts": [
	...
	"node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js",
	"node_modules/froala-editor/js/froala_editor.pkgd.min.js",
	...
]

Using source for this module:

• Froala Editor (sorry but free only for localhost, other it's from $144 per year)
• Toastr