gchandrasa / django-ace

Django-ace-editor is an implementation of the ajax.org Ace editor as a form widget.

django-ace

Usage

from django import forms
from django_ace import AceWidget

class EditorForm(forms.Form):
    text = forms.CharField(widget=AceWidget)

Syntax highlighting and static analysis can be enabled by specifying the language:

class EditorForm(forms.Form):
    text = forms.CharField(widget=AceWidget(mode='css'))

Themes are also supported:

class EditorForm(forms.Form):
    text = forms.CharField(widget=AceWidget(mode='css', theme='twilight'))

Additional options are:

class EditorForm(forms.Form):
    text = forms.CharField(widget=AceWidget(wordwrap=False, width="500px", height="300px", showprintmargin=True))

Install

1. Install using pip:

   pip install django_ace
   

2. Update INSTALLED_APPS:

   INSTALLED_APPS = (
       # ...
       'django_ace',
   )
   

Example Project

There's an example project included in the source, to try it do:

cd example/
virtualenv .env
. .env/bin/activate
pip install -e ..
./manage.py syncdb
./manage.py runserver

Then browser to http://localhost:8000.

Change log

v1.0.2

• Upgrade ACE editor to version 1.1.8
• Add support for showprintmargin

v1.0.1

• Add support for Django 1.7 by removing deprecated imports.

v1.0.0

• Initial release.