Binding value into TinyMCE using AngularJS model</a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2014-08-13T11:15:49.803" class="fromnow">Aug 13 '14 at 11:15</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2014-08-13T11:19:14.377" datetime="2014-08-13T11:19:14.377">Aug 13 '14 at 11:19</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 3,508 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 3,508 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="25284705" data-ownerid="3592274" data-score="1"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="25284705"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="1">1</div> <button class="js-bookmark-btn s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer py4"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconBookmark" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M6 1a2 2 0 00-2 2v14l5-4 5 4V3a2 2 0 00-2-2H6zm3.9 3.83h2.9l-2.35 1.7.9 2.77L9 7.59l-2.35 1.7.9-2.76-2.35-1.7h2.9L9 2.06l.9 2.77z"></path></svg> <div class="js-bookmark-count mt4" data-value="0">0</div> </button> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>I am developing an ASP.net MVC application with AngularJS and TinyMCE. </p> <p>I need to display a WYSIWYG textarea to the user to get input. </p> <p>I am not able to bind initial value into the textarea. Need help. The following is what I have done.</p> <pre><code><script type="text/javascript"> tinyMCE.init({ mode: "textareas", theme: "advanced", theme_advanced_path: false, theme_advanced_buttons1: "fontselect,|,bold,italic,underline,|,fontsizeselect,|,forecolor,backcolor", theme_advanced_buttons2: "|,justifyleft,justifycenter,justifyright,|,link,unlink,|,bullist,numlist,|,code", theme_advanced_toolbar_location: "top", theme_advanced_toolbar_align: "left", theme_advanced_statusbar_location: "bottom", theme_advanced_resizing: true, }); </script> </code></pre> <p>View:</p> <pre><code><textarea data-ng-model="selectedProduct.ProductText"> {{selectedProduct.ProductText}} </textarea> </code></pre></div> <div class="mt24 mb12"> <div class="post-taglist grid gs4 gsy fd-column"> <div class="grid ps-relative"> <a href="../../questions/tagged/angularjs" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'angularjs'" rel="tag">angularjs</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/tinymce" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'tinymce'" rel="tag">tinymce</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/tinymce-3" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'tinymce-3'" rel="tag">tinymce-3</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature owner grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="asked Aug 13 '14 at 11:15">asked Aug 13 '14 at 11:15</time> <a href="../../users/3592274/randomuser" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/3592274.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="RandomUser" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/3592274/randomuser" class="s-user-card--link">RandomUser</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">1,843</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="8 gold badges">8</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="33 silver badges">33</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="65 bronze badges">65</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="answers"> <a name="tab-top"></a> <div id="answers-header"> <div class="answers-subheader grid ai-center mb8"> <div class="grid--cell fl1"> <h2 class="mb0" data-answercount="9">1 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">1</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <a name="25284768"></a> <div id="answer-25284768" class="answer accepted-answer" data-answerid="25284768" data-ownerid="2820886" data-score="2" itemprop="acceptedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="25284768"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="2">2</div> <div class="js-accepted-answer-indicator grid--cell fc-green-500 py6 mtn8"><div class="ta-center"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconCheckmarkLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="m6 14 8 8L30 6v8L14 30l-8-8v-8z"></path></svg></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>You definitely want to use this library: <a class="external-link" href="https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-tinymce" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-tinymce</a> Things get much easier then. A sample:</p> <pre><code><textarea ui-tinymce="tinymceOptions" ng-model="tinymceModel"></textarea> myAppModule.controller('MyController', function($scope) { $scope.tinymceOptions = { //enter any options here } }; }); </code></pre></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered Aug 13 '14 at 11:19">answered Aug 13 '14 at 11:19</time> <a href="../../users/2820886/david-bohunek" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/2820886.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="David Bohunek" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/2820886/david-bohunek" class="s-user-card--link">David Bohunek</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">3,181</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="1 gold badge">1</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="21 silver badge">21</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-bling__bronze" title="26 bronze badge">26</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> <div id="comments-25284768" class="comments js-comments-container bt bc-black-075 mt12 " data-post-id="25284768" data-min-length="15"> <ul class="comments-list js-comments-list" data-remaining-comments-count="0" data-canpost="false" data-cansee="true" data-comments-unavailable="false" data-addlink-disabled="true"> <li id="comment-39402857" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="39402857" data-comment-owner-id="3592274" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment39402857_25284768"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">is it a freeware? and I am using TinyMCE version 3.5.8</span> – <a href="../../users/3592274/randomuser" title="1,843 reputation" class="comment-user owner">RandomUser</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/25284705/binding-value-into-tinymce-textarea-using-angularjs-model#comment39402857_25284768"><span title="2014-08-13T11:20:16.410 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Aug 13 '14 at 11:20</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-39402885" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="39402885" data-comment-owner-id="2820886" data-comment-score="1"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> <span title="number of 'useful comment' votes received" class="warm">1</span> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment39402885_25284768"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Good question. Yes it is. The license can be found here: https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-tinymce/blob/master/LICENSE</span> – <a href="../../users/2820886/david-bohunek" title="3,181 reputation" class="comment-user ">David Bohunek</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/25284705/binding-value-into-tinymce-textarea-using-angularjs-model#comment39402885_25284768"><span title="2014-08-13T11:21:08.887 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Aug 13 '14 at 11:21</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-39403139" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="39403139" data-comment-owner-id="2820886" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment39403139_25284768"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">It is compatible with version 4+ of TinyMCE, you would have to upgrade then. If you can't or don't want to, I would look at this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20005699/tinymce-textarea-two-way-bound-with-angularjs</span> – <a href="../../users/2820886/david-bohunek" title="3,181 reputation" class="comment-user ">David Bohunek</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/25284705/binding-value-into-tinymce-textarea-using-angularjs-model#comment39403139_25284768"><span title="2014-08-13T11:28:24.360 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Aug 13 '14 at 11:28</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-39403291" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="39403291" data-comment-owner-id="3592274" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment39403291_25284768"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">I need help in downloading the library you are mentioning. In the link you provided what file(s) should I download?</span> – <a href="../../users/3592274/randomuser" title="1,843 reputation" class="comment-user owner">RandomUser</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/25284705/binding-value-into-tinymce-textarea-using-angularjs-model#comment39403291_25284768"><span title="2014-08-13T11:32:30.323 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Aug 13 '14 at 11:32</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-39403339" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="39403339" data-comment-owner-id="2820886" data-comment-score="2"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> <span title="number of 'useful comment' votes received" class="warm">2</span> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment39403339_25284768"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">This is the only file you need to download: https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-tinymce/blob/master/src/tinymce.js Add it to your application as dependency: `var myAppModule = angular.module('MyApp', ['ui.tinymce'])`</span> – <a href="../../users/2820886/david-bohunek" title="3,181 reputation" class="comment-user ">David Bohunek</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/25284705/binding-value-into-tinymce-textarea-using-angularjs-model#comment39403339_25284768"><span title="2014-08-13T11:33:46.607 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Aug 13 '14 at 11:33</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-39406988" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="39406988" data-comment-owner-id="3592274" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment39406988_25284768"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">I upgraded TinyMCE version to 4.0.0 and the expected was achieved thanks to you. I face a new problem like when I try to re-size the textarea the width gets reduced until I release the key press. How can I disable the re-size option in 4.0.0 and also need to remove the Menu strip from the element how can I achieve this too?</span> – <a href="../../users/3592274/randomuser" title="1,843 reputation" class="comment-user owner">RandomUser</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/25284705/binding-value-into-tinymce-textarea-using-angularjs-model#comment39406988_25284768"><span title="2014-08-13T13:05:20.440 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Aug 13 '14 at 13:05</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-42343896" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="42343896" data-comment-owner-id="1440927" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment42343896_25284768"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Tested with v4. Works great! Thanks for the post.</span> – <a href="../../users/1440927/roman-k" title="394 reputation" class="comment-user ">Roman K</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/25284705/binding-value-into-tinymce-textarea-using-angularjs-model#comment42343896_25284768"><span title="2014-11-12T19:46:57.703 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Nov 12 '14 at 19:46</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="../../static/js/stack-icons.js"></script> <script src="../../static/js/fromnow.js"></script> </body> </html>