nathancox/codeeditorfield

A field for editing code in the SilverStripe CMS using Ace Editor (http://ace.c9.io/)

SilverStripe CodeEditorField

This module adds a CodeEditorField that uses Ace Editor (http://ace.c9.io/) to let you edit code (mostly HTML or JavaScript). Try it out here. It comes in two forms:, _(*1)

• A regular CodeEditorField that can be used on an HTMLText field similar to HTMLEditorField
• An optional replacement code view for TinyMCE that uses a CodeEditorField

Maintainer Contacts

Nathan Cox (me@nathan.net.nz), _(*2)

Requirements

• SilverStripe 3.1+

Documentation

GitHub, _(*3)

Installation Instructions

1. Place the files in a directory called codeeditorfield in the root of your SilverStripe installation. You can most easily do this with composer require nathancox/codeeditorfield
2. Configure your site's config.yml to define your defaults (optional).
3. Visit yoursite.com/dev/build to rebuild the database

Usage Overview

Configuration via config.yml:, _(*4)

---
Name: codeeditorfield
---

CodeEditorField:
    # These are the pre-defined defaults for dark/light themes
    default_dark_theme: 'monokai'
    default_light_theme: 'github'

    # This will overwrite the above settings
    default_theme: 'tomorrow'

Using CodeEditorField in getCMSFields:, _(*5)

$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Content', $codeField = new CodeEditorField('Configuration', 'Configuration'));
// set the field to use the full width of the CMS (optional, not included in screenshot)
$codeField->addExtraClass('stacked');

// set the height of the field (defaults to 8)
$codeField->setRows(30);

// set the syntax mode to yaml (defaults to html)
$codeField->setMode('yaml');

// optional - set theme (see codeeditorfield/thirdparty/ace/src-noconflict/theme-xxx.js files for available themes)
$codeField->setTheme('twilight');

produces the following:, _(*6)

, _(*7)

Note: If you opt not to set default_theme and don't set the theme specifically on the field, you will have the option to toggle between Dark and Light., _(*8)

To replace the code editor in TinyMCE:, _(*9)

// copy this into your project's getCMSFields

HtmlEditorConfig::get('cms')->enablePlugins(array(
    'aceeditor' => sprintf('../../../codeeditorfield/javascript/tinymce/editor_plugin_src.js')
));
HtmlEditorConfig::get('cms')->insertButtonsBefore('fullscreen', 'aceeditor');
HtmlEditorConfig::get('cms')->removeButtons('code');

Known Issues

Issue Tracker, _(*10)