CKEditor 5 rich text editor component for Angular

Official CKEditor 5 rich text editor component for Angular 13+.

Developer Documentation 📖

See the "Rich text editor component for Angular" guide in the CKEditor 5 documentation to learn more:

• Quick start
• Integration with ngModel
• Supported @Input properties
• Supported @Output properties
• Styling
• Localization

Supported Angular versions

Because of the breaking changes in the Angular library output format, the @ckeditor/ckeditor5-angular package is released in the following versions to support various Angular ecosystems:

Package version	Angular version	Details
Actively supported versions
^9	16+	Migration to TypeScript 5. Declaration files are not backward compatible. Requires CKEditor 5 in version 43 or higher.
Past releases (no longer maintained)
^8	13+	Requires CKEditor 5 at least in version 42.
^7	13+	Changes in peer dependencies. (issue)
^6	13+	Requires CKEditor 5 at least in version 37.
^5	13+	Requires Angular at least in version 13+. Lower versions are no longer maintained.
^4	9.1+	Requires CKEditor 5 at least in version 34.
^3	9.1+	Requires Node.js at least in version 14.
^2	9.1+	Migration to TypeScript 4. Declaration files are not backward compatible.
^1	5.x - 8.x	Angular versions are no longer maintained.

Note that the package.json file used in the main repository isn't published on npm (the production one is present in src/ckeditor/package.json).

Contributing

After cloning this repository, install necessary dependencies:

npm install

The structure of the repository

This repository contains the following code:

• ./src/ckeditor contains the implementation of the <ckeditor> component,
• ./src/app is a demo application using the component.

Note: The npm package contains a packaged component only.

Testing the component (demo)

To open the demo application using the component, run:

npm run start

To test it in production, use:

npm run start -- --configuration production

To run unit tests, use:

npm run test

To run e2e tests, run:

# Prepare the server.
npm run start
# Then, start tests.
npm run test:e2e

To run coverage tests, run:

npm run coverage

Play with the application and make sure the component works properly.

Releasing package

CircleCI automates the release process and can release both channels: stable (X.Y.Z) and pre-releases (X.Y.Z-alpha.X, etc.).

Before you start, you need to prepare the changelog entries.

1. Make sure the #master branch is up-to-date: git fetch && git checkout master && git pull.
2. Prepare a release branch: git checkout -b release-[YYYYMMDD] where YYYYMMDD is the current day.
3. Generate the changelog entries: yarn run changelog --branch release-[YYYYMMDD] [--from [GIT_TAG]].

   • By default, the changelog generator uses the latest published tag as a starting point for collecting commits to process.

     The --from modifier option allows overriding the default behavior. It is required when preparing the changelog entries for the next stable release while the previous one was marked as a prerelease, e.g., @alpha.

     Example: Let's assume that the v40.5.0-alpha.0 tag is our latest and that we want to release it on a stable channel. The --from modifier should be equal to --from v40.4.0.

   • This task checks what changed in each package and bumps the version accordingly. It won't create a new changelog entry if nothing changes at all. If changes were irrelevant (e.g., only dependencies), it would make an "internal changes" entry.

   • Scan the logs printed by the tool to search for errors (incorrect changelog entries). Incorrect entries (e.g., ones without the type) should be addressed. You may need to create entries for them manually. This is done directly in CHANGELOG.md (in the root directory). Make sure to verify the proposed version after you modify the changelog.

4. Commit all changes and prepare a new pull request targeting the #master branch.
5. Ping the @ckeditor/ckeditor-5-devops team to review the pull request and trigger the release process.

License

Licensed under a dual-license model, this software is available under:

• the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later,
• or commercial license terms from CKSource Holding sp. z o.o.

For more information, see: https://ckeditor.com/legal/ckeditor-licensing-options.