Ace.md

Ace Editor

This is the main component of React-Ace. It creates an instance of the Ace Editor.

Demo

http://securingsincity.github.io/react-ace/

Example Code

import React from "react";
import { render } from "react-dom";
import AceEditor from "react-ace";

import "ace-builds/src-noconflict/mode-java";
import "ace-builds/src-noconflict/theme-github";
import "ace-builds/src-noconflict/ext-language_tools"

function onChange(newValue) {
  console.log("change", newValue);
}

// Render editor
render(
  <AceEditor
    mode="java"
    theme="github"
    onChange={onChange}
    name="UNIQUE_ID_OF_DIV"
    editorProps={{ $blockScrolling: true }}
    setOptions={{
      enableBasicAutocompletion: true,
      enableLiveAutocompletion: true,
      enableSnippets: true
    }}
  />,
  document.getElementById("example")
);

Available Props

Prop	Default	Type	Description
name	'ace-editor'	String	Unique Id to be used for the editor
placeholder	null	String	Placeholder text to be displayed when editor is empty
mode	''	String	Language for parsing and code highlighting
theme	''	String	theme to use
value	''	String	value you want to populate in the code highlighter
defaultValue	''	String	Default value of the editor
height	'500px'	String	CSS value for height
width	'500px'	String	CSS value for width
className		String	custom className
fontSize	12	Number	pixel value for font-size
showGutter	true	Boolean	show gutter
showPrintMargin	true	Boolean	show print margin
highlightActiveLine	true	Boolean	highlight active line
focus	false	Boolean	whether to focus
cursorStart	1	Number	the location of the cursor
wrapEnabled	false	Boolean	Wrapping lines
readOnly	false	Boolean	make the editor read only
minLines		Number	Minimum number of lines to be displayed
maxLines		Number	Maximum number of lines to be displayed
enableBasicAutocompletion	false	Boolean	Enable basic autocompletion
enableLiveAutocompletion	false	Boolean	Enable live autocompletion
enableSnippets	false	Boolean	Enable snippets
tabSize	4	Number	tabSize
debounceChangePeriod	null	Number	A debounce delay period for the onChange event
onLoad		Function	called on editor load. The first argument is the instance of the editor
onBeforeLoad		Function	called before editor load. the first argument is an instance of ace
onChange		Function	occurs on document change it has 2 arguments the value and the event.
onCopy		Function	triggered by editor copy event, and passes text as argument
onPaste		Function	Triggered by editor paste event, and passes text as argument
onSelectionChange		Function	triggered by editor selectionChange event, and passes a Selection as it's first argument and the event as the second
onCursorChange		Function	triggered by editor changeCursor event, and passes a Selection as it's first argument and the event as the second
onFocus		Function	triggered by editor focus event
onBlur		Function	triggered by editor blur event.It has two arguments event and editor
onInput		Function	triggered by editor input event
onScroll		Function	triggered by editor scroll event
onValidate		Function	triggered, when annotations are changed
editorProps		Object	properties to apply directly to the Ace editor instance
setOptions		Object	options to apply directly to the Ace editor instance
keyboardHandler		String	corresponding to the keybinding mode to set (such as vim or emacs)
commands		Array	new commands to add to the editor
annotations		Array	annotations to show in the editor i.e. [{ row: 0, column: 2, type: 'error', text: 'Some error.'}], displayed in the gutter
markers		Array	markers to show in the editor, i.e. [{ startRow: 0, startCol: 2, endRow: 1, endCol: 20, className: 'error-marker', type: 'background' }]. Make sure to define the class (eg. ".error-marker") and set position: absolute for it.
style		Object	camelCased properties