Introduction to CKEditor, a rich text editor for web development, Django has a library ckeditor_uploader to support it

CKEditor is a popular choice when rich text editing functionality needs to be provided in web applications. CKEditor is an open source JavaScript rich text editor, which provides powerful functions and a user-friendly interface, allowing users to easily create and edit formatted text content.

Here are some main features of CKEditor:

1. WYSIWYG editing : CKEditor provides a WYSIWYG editing environment, allowing users to directly see the final rendering in the editor, similar to editing text in an interface similar to Microsoft Word.

2. Formatting text : CKEditor supports various text formatting options, such as font style, font size, bold, italic, underline, etc. Users can apply these formats through buttons on the toolbar or shortcut keys.

3. Insert images and media : CKEditor allows users to insert images and media files such as video and audio, and manage them in the editor. Users can upload images, specify image properties, resize, and more.

4. Create links : Users can create hyperlinks in CKEditor to link to other web pages, documents or locations within the site. CKEditor also supports creating anchor links, email links, phone number links, etc.

5. Table editing : CKEditor provides the function of creating and editing tables. Users can add, delete, and merge cells, resize tables, and set table properties.

6. Code view : CKEditor allows users to switch to code view, in this view, users can edit HTML code directly. This is useful for those users who need more precise control over text formatting.

7. Custom configuration : CKEditor provides a wide range of configuration options, allowing you to customize it according to your needs. You can control toolbar buttons, plugins, languages, styles, and more.

CKEditor can be integrated with various web development frameworks and content management systems, including Django. By using CKEditor, you can easily provide users with a powerful, easy-to-use rich text editor, enabling them to create and edit text content with various formats and styles.

Django has library ckeditor_uploader to support it, here is an example.

from ckeditor_uploader.fields import RichTextUploadingField

When you see this code in a Django project from ckeditor_uploader.fields import RichTextUploadingField, it means that you are using a field ckeditor_uploaderfrom a library RichTextUploadingField.

ckeditor_uploaderis a third-party library that provides Django with a file upload function integrated with the CKEditor editor. CKEditor is a popular rich text editor that allows users to create and edit rich text content in forms, such as formatting text, inserting images, creating links, etc.

RichTextUploadingFieldis ckeditor_uploadera custom database model field in the library. It is TextFieldan extension of Django-based fields that provides support for rich text content. Using RichTextUploadingFieldfields, you can store rich text data in your database model and use CKEditor editor to process this data in the form.

For example, if you have a Articlemodel called , which contains the content of an article, you can use this model RichTextUploadingFieldto store the rich text data for the article. This way, you can use CKEditor to create and edit article content and handle other rich text features including image uploads.

from django.db import models
from ckeditor_uploader.fields import RichTextUploadingField

class Article(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    content = RichTextUploadingField()

In the example above, Articlethe model has a titlefield and a contentfield. titleThe field is a generic CharField, used to store the title of the article. contentThe field is used RichTextUploadingField, which means it can store rich text content, and use the CKEditor editor to process the field's data.

This way, you can create and edit articles in the Django admin, and use the CKEditor editor to handle the rich text features of the article content.