Django CKEditor 5
CKEditor 5 for Django >= 2.0
Quick start
bash pip install django-ckeditor-5
- Add \"django_ckeditor_5\" to your INSTALLED_APPS in your [project/settings.py]{.title-ref} like this:
python INSTALLED_APPS = [ ... 'django_ckeditor_5', ]
- Also, in your [project/settings.py]{.title-ref} add:
``` python STATIC_URL = '/static/' MEDIA_URL = '/media/' MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
customColorPalette = [ { 'color': 'hsl(4, 90%, 58%)', 'label': 'Red' }, { 'color': 'hsl(340, 82%, 52%)', 'label': 'Pink' }, { 'color': 'hsl(291, 64%, 42%)', 'label': 'Purple' }, { 'color': 'hsl(262, 52%, 47%)', 'label': 'Deep Purple' }, { 'color': 'hsl(231, 48%, 48%)', 'label': 'Indigo' }, { 'color': 'hsl(207, 90%, 54%)', 'label': 'Blue' }, ]
CKEDITOR_5_CUSTOM_CSS = 'path_to.css' # optional CKEDITOR_5_FILE_STORAGE = "path_to_storage.CustomStorage" # optional CKEDITOR_5_CONFIGS = { 'default': { 'toolbar': ['heading', '|', 'bold', 'italic', 'link', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'blockQuote', 'imageUpload', ],
}, 'extends': { 'blockToolbar': [ 'paragraph', 'heading1', 'heading2', 'heading3', '|', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', '|', 'blockQuote', ], 'toolbar': ['heading', '|', 'outdent', 'indent', '|', 'bold', 'italic', 'link', 'underline', 'strikethrough', 'code','subscript', 'superscript', 'highlight', '|', 'codeBlock', 'sourceEditing', 'insertImage', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'todoList', '|', 'blockQuote', 'imageUpload', '|', 'fontSize', 'fontFamily', 'fontColor', 'fontBackgroundColor', 'mediaEmbed', 'removeFormat', 'insertTable',], 'image': { 'toolbar': ['imageTextAlternative', '|', 'imageStyle:alignLeft', 'imageStyle:alignRight', 'imageStyle:alignCenter', 'imageStyle:side', '|'], 'styles': [ 'full', 'side', 'alignLeft', 'alignRight', 'alignCenter', ]
}, 'table': { 'contentToolbar': [ 'tableColumn', 'tableRow', 'mergeTableCells', 'tableProperties', 'tableCellProperties' ], 'tableProperties': { 'borderColors': customColorPalette, 'backgroundColors': customColorPalette }, 'tableCellProperties': { 'borderColors': customColorPalette, 'backgroundColors': customColorPalette } }, 'heading' : { 'options': [ { 'model': 'paragraph', 'title': 'Paragraph', 'class': 'ck-heading_paragraph' }, { 'model': 'heading1', 'view': 'h1', 'title': 'Heading 1', 'class': 'ck-heading_heading1' }, { 'model': 'heading2', 'view': 'h2', 'title': 'Heading 2', 'class': 'ck-heading_heading2' }, { 'model': 'heading3', 'view': 'h3', 'title': 'Heading 3', 'class': 'ck-heading_heading3' } ] }}, 'list': { 'properties': { 'styles': 'true', 'startIndex': 'true', 'reversed': 'true', } } }
Define a constant in settings.py to specify file upload permissions
CKEDITOR_5_FILE_UPLOAD_PERMISSION = "staff" # Possible values: "staff", "authenticated", "any" ```
- Include the app URLconf in your [project/urls.py]{.title-ref} like this:
``` python from django.conf import settings from django.conf.urls.static import static
[ ... ]
urlpatterns += [ path("ckeditor5/", include('django_ckeditor_5.urls')), ] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT) ```
Alternatively, you can use your own logic for file uploads. To do this, add the following to your [settings.py]{.title-ref} file:
``` python
Define a constant in settings.py to specify the custom upload file view
CK_EDITOR_5_UPLOAD_FILE_VIEW_NAME = "custom_upload_file" ```
Then, in your [urls.py]{.title-ref}, include the custom upload URL pattern:
python path("upload/", custom_upload_function, name="custom_upload_file"),
This allows users to customize the upload file logic by specifying their own view function and URL pattern.
- Add to your `project/models.py`:
``` python from django.db import models from django_ckeditor_5.fields import CKEditor5Field
class Article(models.Model): title=models.CharField('Title', max_length=200) text=CKEditor5Field('Text', config_name='extends') ```
Includes the following ckeditor5 plugins:
Essentials, UploadAdapter, CodeBlock, Autoformat, Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough, Code, Subscript, Superscript, BlockQuote, Heading, Image, ImageCaption, ImageStyle, ImageToolbar, ImageResize, Link, List, Paragraph, Alignment, Font, PasteFromOffice, SimpleUploadAdapter, MediaEmbed, RemoveFormat, Table, TableToolbar, TableCaption, TableProperties, TableCellProperties, Indent, IndentBlock, Highlight, TodoList, ListProperties, SourceEditing, GeneralHtmlSupport, ImageInsert, WordCount, Mention, Style, HorizontalLine, LinkImage, HtmlEmbed, FullPage, SpecialCharacters, ShowBlocks, SelectAll, FindAndReplace, FullScreen
Examples
Example of using a widget in a form:
``` python from django import forms
from django_ckeditor_5.widgets import CKEditor5Widget from .models import Comment
class CommentForm(forms.ModelForm): """Form for comments to the article."""
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super().__init__(*args, **kwargs) self.fields["text"].required = False class Meta: model = Comment fields = ("author", "text") widgets = { "text": CKEditor5Widget( attrs={"class": "django_ckeditor_5"}, config_name="comment" ) }```
Example of using a widget in a template:
python {% extends 'base.html' %} {% block header %} {{ form.media }} # Required for styling/js to make ckeditor5 work {% endblock %} {% block content %} <form method="POST"> {% csrf_token %} {{ form.as_p }} <input type="submit" value="Submit article"> </form> {% endblock %}
Custom storage example:
``` python import os from urllib.parse import urljoin
from django.conf import settings from django.core.files.storage import FileSystemStorage
class CustomStorage(FileSystemStorage): """Custom storage for django_ckeditor_5 images."""
location = os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, "django_ckeditor_5") base_url = urljoin(settings.MEDIA_URL, "django_ckeditor_5/")```
Changing the language:
You can change the language via the language key in the config
python CKEDITOR_5_CONFIGS = { 'default': { 'toolbar': ['heading', '|', 'bold', 'italic', 'link', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'blockQuote', 'imageUpload', ], 'language': 'de', },
language can be either:
- a string containing a single language
- a list of languages
- a dict
{"ui": <a string (1) or a list of languages (2)>}
If you want the language to change with the user language in django you
can add CKEDITOR_5_USER_LANGUAGE=True to your django settings.
Additionally you will have to list all available languages in the
ckeditor config as shown above.
Creating a CKEditor5 instance from javascript:
To create a ckeditor5 instance dynamically from javascript you can use
the ClassicEditor class exposed through the window global variable.
javascript const config = {}; window.ClassicEditor .create( document.querySelector( '#editor' ), config ) .catch( error => { console.error( error ); } ); }
Alternatively, you can create a form with the following structure:
html <form method="POST"> <div class="ck-editor-container"> <textarea id="id_text" name="text" class="django_ckeditor_5" > </textarea> <div></div> <!-- this div or any empty element is required --> <span class="word-count" id="id_text_script-word-count"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" id="id_text_script-ck-editor-5-upload-url" data-upload-url="/ckeditor5/image_upload/" data-csrf_cookie_name="new_csrf_cookie_name"> <span id="id_text_script-span"><script id="id_text_script" type="application/json">{your ckeditor config}</script></span> </form>
The ckeditor will be automatically created once the form has been added to the DOM.
To access a ckeditor instance you can either get them through
window.editors
javascript const editor = windows.editors["<id of your field>"];
or by registering a callback
javascript //register callback window.ckeditorRegisterCallback("<id of your field>", function(editor) { // do something with editor }); // unregister callback window.ckeditorUnregisterCallback("<id of your field>");
Allow file uploading as link:
By default only images can be uploaded and embedded in the content. To allow uploading and embedding files as downloadable links you can add the following to your config:
python CKEDITOR_5_ALLOW_ALL_FILE_TYPES = True CKEDITOR_5_UPLOAD_FILE_TYPES = ['jpeg', 'pdf', 'png'] # optional CKEDITOR_5_CONFIGS = { 'default': { 'toolbar': ['heading', '|', 'bold', 'italic', 'link', 'bulletedList', 'numberedList', 'blockQuote', 'imageUpload', 'fileUpload' ], # include fileUpload here 'language': 'de', },
Warning: Uploaded files are not validated and users could upload malicious content (e.g. a pdf which actually is an executable). Furthermore allowing file uploads disables any validation for the image upload as the backend can\'t distinguish between image and file upload. Exposing the file upload to all/untrusted users poses a risk!
Restrict upload file size:
You can restrict the maximum size for uploaded images and files by adding
python CKEDITOR_5_MAX_FILE_SIZE = 5 # Max size in MB
to your config. Default is 0 (allow any file size).
Installing from GitHub:
bash cd your_root_project git clone https://github.com/hvlads/django-ckeditor-5.git cd django-ckeditor-5 yarn install yarn run prod cd your_root_project python manage.py collectstatic
Example Sharing content styles between front-end and back-end:
To apply ckeditor5 styling outside of the editor, download content.styles.css from the official ckeditor5 docs and include it as a styleshet within your HTML template. You will need to add the ck-content class to the container of your content for the styles to be applied. https://ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor5/latest/installation/advanced/content-styles.html#sharing-content-styles-between-frontend-and-backend
<link rel="stylesheet" href="path/to/assets/content-styles.css" type="text/css">
...
<div class="ck-content">
<p>ckeditor content</p>
</div>
