Using a WYSIWYG editor for textarea integration
As users of websites, we all know that writing beautifully formatted text using the normal textarea fields is a nightmare. There are plugins that make our life easier and turn simple textarea fields into What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) editors. One such editor is CKEditor. It is open source, provides good flexibility, and has a huge community for support. Additionally, it is customizable and allows users to build add-ons as needed. In this recipe, we will understand how CKEditor can be leveraged to build beautiful textarea fields.
Getting ready
We start by adding a new textarea field to our User model for notes and then integrate this field with CKEditor to write formatted text. This will include the addition of a JavaScript library and a CSS class to a normal textarea field to convert this into a CKEditor-compatible textarea field.
How to do it…
To integrate CKEditor with your application, perform the following...
