Building a Custom Rich Text Editor in Angular

Rich text editors are essential tools for many web applications, enabling users to format text, insert images, create tables, and more. While there are many third-party libraries available, building your own custom editor in Angular gives you full control over its features and appearance. In this blog post, we’ll walk through creating a custom rich text editor component in Angular from scratch.

rich Text Editor in Angular

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• Project Setup
• Creating the Custom Editor Component
• Component Structure
• HTML Template
• CSS Styling
• TypeScript Logic
• Implementing Editor Features
• Text Formatting
• Color Selection
• Alignment and Lists
• Inserting Links, Images, and Tables
• Source Code View
• Conclusion

Prerequisites

To follow along with this tutorial, you should have:

• Basic knowledge of Angular and TypeScript
• Angular CLI installed (npm install -g @angular/cli)
• Node.js and npm installed