gbRichEdit5

Ciprian on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 in Blog
Last modified on Thursday, May 9, 2024

gbRichEdit5 is a rich text editor plugin for jQuery, easy to attach to HTML textarea elements. It creates the most basic editing options such as bold text, italic text, ordered and unordered list, link, and image insertion. The plugin also features an HTML button for easy switching to source view.

Demo

Check out the demo here — gbRichEdit5 Demo.

Download

Get the editor from GitHub!

Features

HTML5 compliant
Design mode and source mode (HTML)
Supports multiple textareas on the same page
Light and fast

How to use

Add the following code to the head of your document:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">a
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- BEGIN gbRichEdit5 -->
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="gre/gre.css">
<script src="gre/jquery.gre.js"></script>
<script>$(document).ready(function(){ $('.gre').gre(); });</script>
<!-- END gbRichEdit5 -->

Add your textarea element and attach the .gre class:

<textarea name="mytextarea" class="gre"></textarea>

Available (default) options

jQuery(document).ready(function () {
    jQuery('.gre').gre({
        content_css_url: 'gre/gre.css',
        height: 250
    });
});

Where to use gbRichEdit5?

Use gbRichEdit for a personal CMS
Use gbRichEdit for your own administration panel
Use gbRichEdit for your own comment section
Replace other bloated editors

Changelog

= 5.9.3 =
* Updated jQuery (3.1.1 -> 3.3.1)
* Removed jQuery Migrate
* Removed deprecated Youtube and Vimeo code

= 5.9.2 =
* Updated FontAwesome (4.6.3 -> 4.7.0)
* Added jQuery Migrate
* Removed Google Fonts dependency

= 5.9.1 =
* Updated FontAwesome (4.6.1 -> 4.6.3)
* Removed onkeyup() event for Iframe height (better performance)

= 5.9.0 =
* Updated jQuery (1.11.3 -> 2.2.3) for better compatibility
* Updated FontAwesome (4.4.0 -> 4.6.1)
* Updated http:// to https:// for all external links

= 5.8 =
* Updated jQuery (2.1.1 -> 1.11.3) for better compatibility
* Updated FontAwesome (4.2.0 -> 4.4.0)
* Updated HTTP links to point to HTTPS
* Updated documentation and included files
* Added demo

= 5.7 =
* Removed jQuery support for IE 6, 7 and 8
* Removed all images (replaced them with FontAwesome)
* Updated jQuery (1.11.1 -> 2.1.1)

= 5.6 =
* Updated jQuery (1.10.1 -> 1.11.1)
* Updated CSS styles
* Updated HTML5 behaviour

= 5.5 =
* Updated jQuery (1.9.1 -> 1.10.1)
* Removed empty line break in textarea

= 5.4 =
* Updated jQuery (1.8.1 -> 1.9.1)
* Plugin is not compatible with jQuery versions lower than 1.9.x
* Added Bootstrap styles for buttons
* Changed some icons for a better visual style
* Changed demo files
* Optimized .js file and removed lots of try/catch routines
* Removed minification (12k script)

= 5.3 =
* Updated jQuery (1.7.2 -> 1.8.1)
* Minified code using UglifyJS (used for jQuery)
* Added Youtube embed
* Added Vimeo embed
* Added more buttons (underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript, horizontal rule)
* Added more buttons (justification – left, center, right, full)
* Added new height option (also increased its value to 250)
* Fixed folder name and documentation (‘gbRichEdit5’ instead of ‘gbRichEdit’)
* Implemented new documentation style
* Merged documentation with index.html file

= 5.2 =
* Updated jQuery (1.7.1 -> 1.7.2)
* Updated CSS
* Updated documentation
* Added instructions for WordPress

= 5.1 =
* Updated jQuery (1.6.4 -> 1.7.1)
* Optimized speed (gained a few milliseconds)
* Added changelog file

= 5 =
* First release

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