TinyMCE <textarea> two way bound with AngularJS

Question

Is it possible to apply two way binding to a that has had TinyMCE applied to it for Rich Text Formatting.

I can\'t get

Answer 1

You can do this by creating your own directive.

What you need to do is to let your directive sync your model when something in the TinyMCE editor changes. I have not used TinyMCE, but Wysihtml5. I think you can remake this to use TinyMCE instead.

angular.module('directives').directive('wysihtml5', ['$timeout',
function ($timeout) {
    return {
        restrict: 'E',
        require: 'ngModel',
        template: "", // A template you create as a HTML file (use templateURL) or something else...
        link: function ($scope, $element, attrs, ngModel) {

            // Find the textarea defined in your Template
            var textarea = $element.find("textarea");

            // When your model changes from the outside, use ngModel.$render to update the value in the textarea
            ngModel.$render = function () {
                textarea.val(ngModel.$viewValue);
            };

            // Create the editor itself, use TinyMCE in your case
            var editor = new wysihtml5.Editor(textarea[0],
                {
                    stylesheets: ["/style.css"],
                    parserRules: wysihtml5ParserRules,
                    toolbar: true,
                    autoLink: true,
                    useLineBreaks: false,
                });

            // Ensure editor is rendered before binding to the change event
            $timeout(function () {

                // On every change in the editor, get the value from the editor (textarea in case of Wysihtml5)
                // and set your model
                editor.on('change', function () {
                    var newValue = textarea.val();

                    if (!$scope.$$phase) {
                        $scope.$apply(function () {
                            ngModel.$setViewValue(newValue);
                        });
                    }
                });

            }, 500);
        }
    };
}]);

Then you can use the directive in your html page like this:

Here's a link if you need more info on creating your own directive: http://docs.angularjs.org/guide/directive