Supported Commands

Below is a full list of formatting commands supported by wysihtml5.

bold
createLink
fontSize
foreColor
formatBlock
formatInline
insertHTML
insertImage
insertLineBreak
insertOrderedList
insertUnorderedList
italic
justifyCenter
justifyLeft
justifyRight
underline

bold

Generated markup:
```
<b>text</b>
```

Toolbar element:

<a data-wysihtml5-command="bold">bold</a>

Required parser rules:

var wysihtml5ParserRules = {
  tags: {
    "b": 1,
    // if you want to turn all <strong> elements into <b> (optional)
   "strong": { "rename_tag": "b" }
  }
};

Trigger via JavaScript:

editorInstance.composer.commands.exec("bold");

Source code

createLink

Generated markup:

<!-- target="_blank" and rel="nofollow" are only set when defined in parser rules -->
<a href="http://url" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">link</a>

Toolbar element:

<!-- User can define the link's href: -->
<a data-wysihtml5-command="createLink">insert link</a>
<div data-wysihtml5-dialog="createLink">
  <label>
    Link:
    <input data-wysihtml5-dialog-field="href" value="http://">
  </label>
  <a data-wysihtml5-dialog-action="save">OK</a>
  <a data-wysihtml5-dialog-action="cancel">Cancel</a>
</div>
<!-- Pre-defined href -->
<a data-wysihtml5-command="createLink" data-wysihtml5-command-value="http://www.google.com">insert google link</a>

Required parser rules:

var wysihtml5ParserRules = {
  tags: {
    "a": {
      "check_attributes": {
        "href": "url" // make sure the entered url is really an url
      },
      "set_attributes": {
        "rel": "nofollow",   // optional
        "target": "_blank"   // optional
      }
    }
  }
};

Trigger via JavaScript:

editorInstance.composer.commands.exec("createLink", { href: "http://google.com", target: "_blank", rel: "nofollow", text: "Google" });

Source code

<!-- XS -->
<span class="wysiwyg-font-size-x-small">text</span>
<!-- S -->
<span class="wysiwyg-font-size-small">text</span>
<!-- M -->
<span class="wysiwyg-font-size-medium">text</span>
<!-- L -->
<span class="wysiwyg-font-size-large">text</span>
<!-- XL -->
<span class="wysiwyg-font-size-x-large">text</span>
<!-- ... and many more font sizes possible --->

Toolbar elements:

<a data-wysihtml5-command="fontSize" data-wysihtml5-command-value="small">small</a>
<a data-wysihtml5-command="fontSize" data-wysihtml5-command-value="large">large</a>

Required parser rules:

var wysihtml5ParserRules = {
  classes: {
    "wysiwyg-font-size-large": 1,
    "wysiwyg-font-size-small": 1
  },
  tags: {
    "span": 1
  }
};

Required CSS:

.wysiwyg-font-size-large {
  font-size: large;
}
.wysiwyg-font-size-small {
  font-size: small;
}

Trigger via JavaScript:

editorInstance.composer.commands.exec("fontSize", "large");

Source code

foreColor

Generated markup:

<!-- Red -->
<span class="wysiwyg-color-red">text</span>
<!-- Green -->
<span class="wysiwyg-color-green">text</span>
<!-- Blue -->
<span class="wysiwyg-color-blue">text</span>
<!-- ... and many more colors possible -->

Toolbar elements:

<a data-wysihtml5-command="foreColor" data-wysihtml5-command-value="red">red</a>
<a data-wysihtml5-command="foreColor" data-wysihtml5-command-value="green">green</a>
<a data-wysihtml5-command="foreColor" data-wysihtml5-command-value="blue">blue</a>

Required parser rules:

var wysihtml5ParserRules = {
  classes: {
    "wysiwyg-color-blue": 1,
    "wysiwyg-color-green": 1,
    "wysiwyg-color-red": 1
  },
  tags: {
    "span": 1
  }
};

Required CSS:

.wysiwyg-color-red {
  color: red;
}
.wysiwyg-color-green {
  color: green;
}
.wysiwyg-color-blue {
  color: blue;
}

Trigger via JavaScript:

editorInstance.composer.commands.exec("foreColor", "blue");

Source code

formatBlock

Please note: formatBlock can be used to format the current selection into any block element (h1, h2, p, blockquote, …). The following is an example using the H1 tag.

Generated markup:
```
<h1>text</h1>
```

Toolbar element:

<a data-wysihtml5-command="formatBlock" data-wysihtml5-command-value="h1">heading 1</a>

Required parser rules:

var wysihtml5ParserRules = {
  tags: {
    "h1": 1
  }
};

Trigger via JavaScript:

editorInstance.composer.commands.exec("formatBlock", "h1");

Source code

formatInline

Please note: formatInline can be used to format the current selection into any inline element (span, strong, time, …). The following is an example using the SPAN tag.

Generated markup:
```
<span>text</span>
```

Toolbar element:

<a data-wysihtml5-command="formatInline" data-wysihtml5-command-value="span">span</a>

Required parser rules:

var wysihtml5ParserRules = {
  tags: {
    "span": 1
  }
};

Trigger via JavaScript:

editorInstance.composer.commands.exec("formatInline", "span");

Source code

insertHTML

Toolbar element:

<a data-wysihtml5-command="insertHTML" data-wysihtml5-command-value="<blockquote>foobar</blockquote>">insert quote</a>

Required parser rules:
depends on the HTML that can be inserted

Trigger via JavaScript:

editorInstance.composer.commands.exec("insertHTML", "<blockquote>foobar</blockquote>");

Source code

insertImage

Generated markup:

<img src="http://url.com/foo.jpg" width="100" height="100">

Toolbar element:

<!-- User can define the image's src: -->
<a data-wysihtml5-command="insertImage">insert image</a>
<div data-wysihtml5-dialog="insertImage">
  <label>
    Image:
    <input data-wysihtml5-dialog-field="src" value="http://">
  </label>
  <a data-wysihtml5-dialog-action="save">OK</a>
  <a data-wysihtml5-dialog-action="cancel">Cancel</a>
</div>
<!-- Pre-defined src -->
<a data-wysihtml5-command="insertImage" data-wysihtml5-command-value="http://url.com/foo.jpg">insert example image</a>

Required parser rules:

var wysihtml5ParserRules = {
  tags: {
    "img": {
        "check_attributes": {
            "width": "numbers",
            "alt": "alt",
            "src": "url",
            "height": "numbers"
        }
    }
  }
};

Trigger via JavaScript:

editorInstance.composer.commands.exec("insertImage", { src: "http://url.com/foo.jpg", alt: "this is an image" });

Source code

insertLineBreak

Generated markup:
```
<br>
```

Toolbar element:

<a data-wysihtml5-command="insertLineBreak">line break</a>

Required parser rules:

var wysihtml5ParserRules = {
  tags: {
    "br": 1
  }
};

Trigger via JavaScript:

editorInstance.composer.commands.exec("insertLineBreak");

Source code

insertOrderedList

Generated markup:
```
<ol><li>text</li></ol>
```

Toolbar element:

<a data-wysihtml5-command="insertOrderedList">insert ordered list</a>

Required parser rules:

var wysihtml5ParserRules = {
  tags: {
    "ol": 1,
    "li": 1
  }
};

Trigger via JavaScript:

editorInstance.composer.commands.exec("insertOrderedList");

Source code

insertUnorderedList

Generated markup:
```
<ul><li>text</li></ul>
```

Toolbar element:

<a data-wysihtml5-command="insertUnorderedList">insert unordered list</a>

Required parser rules:

var wysihtml5ParserRules = {
  tags: {
    "ul": 1,
    "li": 1
  }
};

Trigger via JavaScript:

editorInstance.composer.commands.exec("insertUnorderedList");

Source code

italic

Generated markup:
```
<i>text</i>
```

Toolbar element:

<a data-wysihtml5-command="italic">italic</a>

Required parser rules:

var wysihtml5ParserRules = {
  tags: {
    "i": 1,
    // if you want to turn all <em> elements into <i> (optional)
    "em": { "rename_tag": "i" }
  }
};

Trigger via JavaScript:

editorInstance.composer.commands.exec("italic");

Source code

justifyCenter

Generated markup:

<div class="wysiwyg-text-align-center">text</div>

Toolbar element:

<a data-wysihtml5-command="justifyCenter">align center</a>

Required parser rules:

var wysihtml5ParserRules = {
  classes: {
    "wysiwyg-text-align-center": 1
  },
  tags: {
    "div": 1
  }
};

Required CSS:

.wysiwyg-text-align-center {
  text-align: center;
}

Trigger via JavaScript:

editorInstance.composer.commands.exec("justifyCenter");

Source code

justifyLeft

Generated markup:

<div class="wysiwyg-text-align-left">text</div>

Toolbar element:

<a data-wysihtml5-command="justifyLeft">align left</a>

Required parser rules:

var wysihtml5ParserRules = {
  classes: {
    "wysiwyg-text-align-left": 1
  },
  tags: {
    "div": 1
  }
};

Required CSS:

.wysiwyg-text-align-left {
  text-align: left;
}

Trigger via JavaScript:

editorInstance.composer.commands.exec("justifyLeft");

Source code

justifyRight

Generated markup:

<div class="wysiwyg-text-align-right">text</div>

Toolbar element:

<a data-wysihtml5-command="justifyRight">align right</a>

Required parser rules:

var wysihtml5ParserRules = {
  classes: {
    "wysiwyg-text-align-right": 1
  },
  tags: {
    "div": 1
  }
};

Required CSS:

.wysiwyg-text-align-right {
  text-align: right;
}

Trigger via JavaScript:

editorInstance.composer.commands.exec("justifyRight");

Source code

underline

Generated markup:
```
<u>text</u>
```

Toolbar element:

<a data-wysihtml5-command="underline">underline</a>

Required parser rules:

var wysihtml5ParserRules = {
  tags: {
    "u": 1
  }
};

Trigger via JavaScript:

editorInstance.composer.commands.exec("underline");

Source code

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Supported Commands

Supported Commands

bold

createLink

fontSize

foreColor

formatBlock

formatInline

insertHTML

insertImage

insertLineBreak

insertOrderedList

insertUnorderedList

italic

justifyCenter

justifyLeft

justifyRight

underline

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