Let’s Build a Text Editor Using HTML

Leave a Comment / HTML / March 6, 2024

In this article, we will be looking at how to build a simple editor such as the WordPress Gutenberg editor. Here is the code for the code snippet.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Modern HTML Editor</title>
    <style>
        #editor {
            width: 100%;
            height: 300px;
            border: 1px solid #ccc;
            padding: 5px;
            font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
        }

        button {
            margin: 5px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>

    <div>
        <button onclick="formatText('bold')">Bold</button>
        <button onclick="formatText('italic')">Italic</button>
        <button onclick="formatText('underline')">Underline</button>
        <button onclick="insertLink()">Insert Link</button>
    </div>

    <div id="editor" contenteditable="true"></div>

    <script>
        function formatText(command) {
            document.execCommand("styleWithCSS", null, true);
            document.execCommand(command, false, null);
        }

        function insertLink() {
            var url = prompt("Enter the URL:");
            if (url) {
                document.execCommand("createLink", false, url);
            }
        }
    </script>

</body>
</html>

Here is the output.

Try it yourself.

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