React-Ace

A react component for Ace / Brace

Install

npm install react-ace

Usage

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

import 'brace/mode/java';
import 'brace/theme/github';

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}}
  />,
  document.getElementById('example')
);

Looking for a way to set it up using webpack? Checkout example directory for a working example using webpack.

Available Props

Prop	Description
name	Unique Id to be used for the editor
mode	Language for parsing and code highlighting
theme	theme to use
height	CSS value for height
width	CSS value for width
className	custom className
fontSize	pixel value for font-size
showGutter	boolean
showPrintMargin	boolean
highlightActiveLine	boolean
readOnly	boolean
minLines	Minimum number of lines to be displayed
maxLines	Maximum number of lines to be displayed
enableBasicAutocompletion	Enable basic autocompletion
enableSnippets	Enable snippets
enableLiveAutocompletion	Enable live autocompletion
tabSize	tabSize number
value	String value you want to populate in the code highlighter
onLoad	Function onLoad
onBeforeLoad	function that trigger before editor setup
onChange	function that occurs on document change it has 1 argument value. see the example above
onCopy	function that trigger by editor copy event, and pass text as argument
onPaste	function that trigger by editor paste event, and pass text as argument
onFocus	function that trigger by editor focus event
onBlur	function that trigger by editor blur event
editorProps	Object of properties to apply directly to the Ace editor instance
setOptions	Object of options to apply directly to the Ace editor instance
keyboardHandler	String corresponding to the keybinding mode to set (such as vim)
commands	Array of new commands to add to the editor

Modes, Themes, and Keyboard Handlers

All modes, themes, and keyboard handlers should be required through brace directly. Browserify will grab these modes / themes / keyboard handlers through brace and will be available at run time. See the example above. This prevents bloating the compiled javascript with extra modes and themes for your application.

Example Modes

• javascript
• java
• python
• xml
• ruby
• sass
• markdown
• mysql
• json
• html
• handlebars
• golang
• csharp
• coffee
• css

Example Themes

• monokai
• github
• tomorrow
• kuroir
• twilight
• xcode
• textmate
• solarized dark
• solarized light
• terminal

Example Keyboard Handlers

• vim
• emacs