CodeMirror (Source) Syntax Highlighting



 

Syntax Highlighting for the CKEditor (Source View and Source Dialog) with the CodeMirror Plugin

The Full Theme List can be found here: http://codemirror.net/demo/theme.html

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Available Shortcuts

  • 'Ctrl-K' to comment the currently selected text
  • 'Ctrl-Shift-K' to uncomment currently selected text
  • 'Ctrl-Alt-K' to auto format currently selected text
  • 'Ctrl-Q' Expand/Collapse Code Block
  • 'Ctrl-F' to perform a search
  • 'Ctrl-G' to find next
  • 'Ctrl-Shift-G' to find previous
  • 'Ctrl-Shift-F' to find and replace
  • 'Ctrl-Shift-R' to find and replace all





 

Installation

  1. Extract the contents of the file into the "plugins" folder of CKEditor.
  2. In the CKEditor configuration file (config.js) add the following code:
config.extraPlugins = 'codemirror';

If you are using CKEditor in inline mode you also need to add the sourcedialog to the extra Plugins list

config.extraPlugins = 'sourcedialog,codemirror';

To Configure the Plugin the following options are available...

config.codemirror = {

    // Set this to the theme you wish to use (codemirror themes)
    theme: 'default',

    // Whether or not you want to show line numbers
    lineNumbers: true,

    // Whether or not you want to use line wrapping
    lineWrapping: true,

    // Whether or not you want to highlight matching braces
    matchBrackets: true,

    // Whether or not you want tags to automatically close themselves
    autoCloseTags: true,

    // Whether or not you want Brackets to automatically close themselves
    autoCloseBrackets: true,

    // Whether or not to enable search tools, CTRL+F (Find), CTRL+SHIFT+F (Replace), CTRL+SHIFT+R (Replace All), CTRL+G (Find Next), CTRL+SHIFT+G (Find Previous)
    enableSearchTools: true,

    // Whether or not you wish to enable code folding (requires 'lineNumbers' to be set to 'true')
    enableCodeFolding: true,

    // Whether or not to enable code formatting
    enableCodeFormatting: true,

    // Whether or not to automatically format code should be done when the editor is loaded
    autoFormatOnStart: true,

    // Whether or not to automatically format code should be done every time the source view is opened
    autoFormatOnModeChange: true,

    // Whether or not to automatically format code which has just been uncommented
    autoFormatOnUncomment: true,

    // Define the language specific mode 'htmlmixed' for html including (css, xml, javascript), 'application/x-httpd-php' for php mode including html, or 'text/javascript' for using java script only
    mode: 'htmlmixed',

    // Whether or not to show the search Code button on the toolbar
    showSearchButton: true,

    // Whether or not to show Trailing Spaces
    showTrailingSpace: true,

    // Whether or not to highlight all matches of current word/selection
    highlightMatches: true,

    // Whether or not to show the format button on the toolbar
    showFormatButton: true,

    // Whether or not to show the comment button on the toolbar
    showCommentButton: true,

    // Whether or not to show the uncomment button on the toolbar
    showUncommentButton: true,

    // Whether or not to show the showAutoCompleteButton button on the toolbar
    showAutoCompleteButton: true,
    // Whether or not to highlight the currently active line
    styleActiveLine: true
};

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Plugin versions CKEditor versions
4.24 4.23 4.22

Version: 1.18.7

DownloadRelease notes

  • Upgraded to CodeMirror 5.65.12
  • added support for textselection plugin in the sourcedialog
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