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Getting Started with Rich Text Editor in Blazor

29 May 20267 minutes to read

This guide briefly explains about how to include Syncfusion® Blazor Rich Text Editor component in a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and the .NET CLI.

NOTE

Explore the Blazor Rich Text Editor demo to learn how to render and configure the editor tools.

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Prerequisites

Create a new Blazor App in Visual Studio

Create a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion® Blazor Extension. For detailed instructions, refer to the Blazor WASM App Getting Started documentation.

Prerequisites

Create a new Blazor App in Visual Studio Code

Create a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio Code via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion® Blazor Extension. For detailed instructions, refer to the Blazor WASM App Getting Started documentation.

Alternatively, create a WebAssembly application by using the following command in the integrated terminal (Ctrl+`).

dotnet new blazorwasm -o BlazorApp
cd BlazorApp

Prerequisites

Install the latest version of .NET SDK. If the .NET SDK is already installed, determine the installed version by running the following command in a command prompt (Windows), terminal (macOS), or command shell (Linux).

dotnet --version

Create a Blazor WebAssembly App using .NET CLI

Run the following command to create a new Blazor WebAssembly App in a command prompt (Windows) or terminal (macOS) or command shell (Linux). For detailed instructions, refer to the Blazor WASM App Getting Started documentation.

dotnet new blazorwasm -o BlazorApp
cd BlazorApp

Install Syncfusion® Blazor packages

Install the following NuGet packages in your project:

You can install these packages using different methods as shown below:

  1. In Visual Studio Navigate to:

    Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution

  2. Search for the required packages.
  3. Select the package and click Install.

  1. In Visual Studio Navigate to:

    Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Package Manager Console

  2. Run the following commands:

Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.RichTextEditor -Version 33.2.3
Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -Version 33.2.3
  1. Open your project.
  2. Open the terminal:
    • In Visual Studio Code: use the integrated terminal (Ctrl + `)
    • Or use any system terminal for CLI
  3. Run the following commands:
dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.RichTextEditor --version 33.2.3
dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes --version 33.2.3

NOTE

All Syncfusion Blazor packages are available on nuget.org. See the NuGet packages topic for details.

Add import namespaces

After the packages are installed, open the ~/_Imports.razor file and import the Syncfusion.Blazor and Syncfusion.Blazor.RichTextEditor namespaces.

@using Syncfusion.Blazor
@using Syncfusion.Blazor.RichTextEditor

Register Syncfusion® Blazor service

Register the Syncfusion® Blazor service in the Program.cs file of your Blazor WebAssembly App.

....
using Syncfusion.Blazor;
....
builder.Services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();
....

Add stylesheet and script resources

The theme stylesheet and script can be accessed from NuGet through Static Web Assets. Include the stylesheet and script references in the ~/index.html file.

<link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes/fluent2.css" rel="stylesheet" />
....
<script src="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Core/scripts/syncfusion-blazor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

NOTE

Check out the Blazor Themes topic to discover various methods (Static Web Assets, CDN, and CRG) for referencing themes in the Blazor application. Also, check out the Adding Script Reference topic to learn different approaches for adding script references in the Blazor application.

Add Syncfusion® Blazor Rich Text Editor component

Add the Syncfusion® Blazor Rich Text Editor component in the ~/Pages/Index.razor file.

@using Syncfusion.Blazor.RichTextEditor

<SfRichTextEditor>
    <p>Rich Text Editor allows to insert images from online source as well as local computer where you want to insert the image in your content.</p>
    <p><b>Get started Quick Toolbar to click on the image</b></p>
    <p>It is possible to add custom style on the selected image inside the Rich Text Editor through quick toolbar.</p>
</SfRichTextEditor>

To launch the application, press Ctrl+F5 in Visual Studio, run dotnet run from the CLI or integrated terminal in VS Code, or use the Run command in your preferred IDE to render the Syncfusion® Blazor RichTextEditor component in the default web browser.

Blazor Rich Text Editor Component

NOTE

View sample in GitHub.

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