wagtail_ace_editor

Wagtail Ace Editor is a simple extension which provides access to the Ace Editor Library.

Usage is simple and easy like you're used to from any django widget.

We provide a custom theme based on the default cobalt theme to fit into your wagtail application - this is the default theme.

The full library from Ace Editor on UNPKG has been included to be used.

This is for the people who want full control over their django templates for a specific page at runtime, or want to edit and create plain HTML.

It is a very powerfull block/widget, which can be used to provide django template functionality at runtime.

You will be able to have full access to the RequestContext of a regular Django template.

Note

This widget is only for use in the wagtail's admin area - it does not do anything for your frontend.

If demand for this appears to be high in the future it will be added.

Quick start

1. Add 'wagtail_ace_editor' to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this:

   INSTALLED_APPS = [
   ...,
   'wagtail_ace_editor',
   ]
   

2. Run py manage.py collectstatic to collect all the relevant javascript and css files.

3. Simply import the widget, or blocks into your django application and use them!

   from wagtail_ace_editor.blocks import AceEditorBlock
   from wagtail_ace_editor.widgets import AceEditorWidget
   # Formfield: from wagtail_ace_editor.forms import AceEditorField
   
   # ... other imports
   
   class MyModel(models.Model):
       	html_field = models.TextField(
   		...
   	)
   
   	content = StreamField([
   		('html_block', AceEditorBlock(
   			... Parameters
   		)),
    	])
   
   	panels = [
   		FieldPanel("html_field", widget=AceEditorWidget(
   			... Parameters
   		)),
   		FieldPanel("content"),
   	]

Parameters

mode

Mode to use for your ace editor.

What type of code do you want to edit? See the full catalog of ace.js modes.

mode="ace/mode/django"

theme

Theme to use for your ace editor.

theme="ace/theme/wagtail"

include_template_context (default False)

Include parent template context when using wagtail's {% include_block %} method.

I mean - why else would you use tempates? When this is true and the mode is ace/mode/(html or django)

the template will be rendered using django's render_to_string. Otherwise it will be output as HTML.

(Only for use in the block!) include_template_context: bool

use_frame_preview (default False)

Render ace/mode/(html or django) inside of an iFrame as opposed to escaping it.

use_frame_preview: bool

frame_css (default None)

When using ace/mode/(html or django), allows you to pass in custom CSS to style the iFrame

If the path is relative, the STATIC_URL prefix will be appended to it.

frame_css: list[str]

frame_js (default None)

When using ace/mode/(html or django), allows you to pass in custom JS to script inside of iFrame

If the path is relative, the STATIC_URL prefix will be appended to it.

frame_js: list[str]

preview_checkbox_checked (default True)

When using ace/mode/(html or django), allows you to set the default state of the preview checkbox

preview_checkbox_checked: bool

disable_preview (default False)

Allows to disable the preview window

disable_preview: bool

clean_html (default false)

If you are using ace/mode/html or ace/mode/django we allow you to clean the HTML if the parameter is specified.

This might be useful if you want to include the full django-template or HTML editing experience yet still not let the user define any (inline) styles/javascript.

• Will only work if bleach is installed!
• Will not work for the preview in the wagtail admin!

clean_html: bool

Settings for cleaning (settings.py)

BLEACH_CLEAN_ACE_MODES

Modes to use the bleach cleaner on.

By default we clean the modes ace/mode/django and ace/mode/html.

BLEACH_CLEAN_ACE_MODES: list[str]

ALLOWED_HTML_TAGS

HTML tags to allow for the bleach cleaner itself. By default all tags except Style and Script.

ALLOWED_HTML_TAGS: list[str]

CLEANER_KWARGS

Extra keyword arguments to supply to the bleach.sanitizer.Cleaner class CLEANER_KWARGS: dict