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Overview
The React Rich Text Editor is a feature-rich content editing component built to create blogs, forum posts, notes, support tickets, comment sections, messaging apps, and more. It offers an intuitive interface for smooth content creation with complete mobile support. The editor provides a comprehensive set of tools for formatting and managing rich content, delivering clean HTML or Markdown output. Users can effortlessly add images, links, tables, and lists as content.
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Runs in-browser. No installation required.
Why choose Syncfusion React Rich Text Editor?
Powerful WYSIWYG Editing
Delivers a rich WYSIWYG HTML editor and Markdown editor with formatting, lists, colors, media insertion, and optional iframe editing.
AI-Assisted Development
Build advanced content editing experiences faster with the Agentic UI Builder and Syncfusion Agent Skills. Generate formatting tools, editor layouts, templates, and media-rich workflows with minimal manual effort.
Advanced Media & Content Support
Supports inserting images, videos, tables, hyperlinks, cell merging, clipboard actions, undo/redo, and Markdown editing.
HTML Source Editing & Live Preview
Allows editing directly in HTML source mode and viewing updates instantly through the HTML live preview.
Fully Responsive & Mobile Optimized
Responsive UI that adapts seamlessly to desktop, tablet, and mobile screens. Optimized for smooth editing experiences across iOS, Android, and Windows devices.
Accessibility, Localization & Global Readiness
Built with WAI-ARIA compliance and full keyboard accessibility for inclusive usage. Supports localization and globalization, including RTL rendering and culture-specific formatting for dates and numbers.
AI-assisted development
Build feature-rich React Rich Text Editor experiences faster
Accelerate content editor development with Syncfusion AI tools that turn requirements into fully configured editing experiences with minimal manual setup.
Agentic UI Builder
Turn prompts into ready-to-use UI screens, layouts, and workflows with Syncfusion React components.
Example Prompt Create a blog editor with formatting tools, mentions, and preview mode.
Agent Skills
Accelerate development with Syncfusion AI Agent Skills for faster implementation and integration.
Example Prompt Generate a React rich text editor with Markdown support and custom toolbar actions.
AI Coding Assistant
Accelerate development with AI that generates, configures, and troubleshoots component code directly in your IDE.
Example Prompt Show how to enable autosave and image uploading in the Syncfusion React Rich Text Editor.
AI-ready Rich Text Editor for smarter writing
Enhance your writing with the AI-ready Rich Text Editor. Fix grammar, rephrase content, switch languages, and summarize text instantly, all within the editor.

HTML editor toolbar
The React WYSIWYG text editor toolbar offers a wide range of commands for editing and formatting content. It can be used to style text and paragraphs and to insert images, hyperlinks, tables, lists, and more. The toolbar commands are organized into groups according to related functionality.

Multiple-row toolbar
Toolbar commands that overflow are automatically wrapped into additional rows within the toolbar.

Expand toolbar
Overflowing toolbar commands hidden in the next row become visible when the toolbar is expanded using the expand icon.

Quick toolbar
This toolbar includes frequently used commands for text, images, tables, and links, enabling quick access to formatting and customization options.

Floating the toolbar
The HTML editor toolbar does not remain fixed at the top; instead, it floats within the editor area while scrolling the page.

Fully customizable
The React Rich Text Editor toolbar buttons are fully customizable. Users can add or remove buttons and organize commands by category to suit their application, such as blog editors or email composers.

Custom tool
You can add custom commands with specific actions to the toolbar alongside the built-in tools.

Inline mode
The React Rich Text Editor shows an inline HTML editor when content within an editable area is clicked or selected.
Mention and hashtag
While composing content in the React Rich Text Editor, users and groups can be tagged or chosen from a suggestion list.

Editing experience
The React Rich Text Editor component offers a comprehensive set of tools and options to deliver an enhanced editing experience.

Insert images
Add images to the content from local or server paths with captions, and link URLs to those images. Images can be uploaded to a server using drag-and-drop or file upload. The editor also supports inserting images in BLOB or Base64 formats.

Insert hyperlinks
Add or modify hyperlinks with options such as display text, tooltips, and the ability to open links in a new window.

Insert tables
Create and edit HTML tables to display structured tabular data within the editor. Tables and their elements can be managed dynamically, including adding or deleting rows and columns, resizing tables or cells, and removing tables.

Table cell merge and split
Combine two or more row or column cells into a single cell along with their content. A single cell can also be split horizontally or vertically.

Text alignment
Built-in options allow users to align content to the left, center, or right, as well as justify text.
Enter and Shift+Enter key configuration
The React Rich Text Editor allows the configuration of tags inserted when using the Enter and Shift+Enter keys. The supported options include:
- P: Pressing Enter or Shift+Enter creates a p tag.
- DIV: Pressing Enter or Shift+Enter creates a div tag.
- BR: Pressing Enter or Shift+Enter creates a br tag.
Formatting text
- Apply formatting to selected content, entire paragraphs, or specific words and characters.
- Format headings, quotations, code blocks, paragraphs, and more.
- Use bold, italic, underline, or strikethrough, or change letter casing.
- Adjust paragraph indentation and spacing.
- Choose fonts and set appropriate font sizes.
- Apply subscript and superscript formatting.
- Customize the font color and background color for the content.


Auto-formatting for Markdown syntax
Autoformatting enables fast content styling using Markdown-style shortcuts, removing the need for toolbar buttons or dropdowns for common formatting. When users type syntax like # for headings, ** for bold, or * for italics, the editor automatically converts it into corresponding HTML elements.
Checklists
Checklists (to-do lists) can be created directly within the editor. Users can easily add interactive checkbox items to manage and track tasks within their content.


Adding custom lists
Create ordered (numbered) or unordered (bulleted) lists to organize content effectively. The editor supports various bullet styles such as circles and squares, along with multiple numbering formats like lowercase Greek and uppercase Roman.
Quick insert for table rows and columns
Users can quickly add rows and columns to tables. When hovering near table edges, a “+” icon appears, allowing insertion with a single click.


Line height
Users can control vertical spacing between lines of text, adjusting how compact or spacious the content appears in order to improve readability and visual layout.
Full screen text editor
A built-in option allows the editor to expand into full-screen mode, providing a distraction-free environment for content editing.


Paste from Microsoft Word and Excel
Includes built-in options to paste content with images from Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel while removing unwanted tags, attributes, and styles. You can choose to paste content as plain text, with cleaned formatting, or keep the original formatting.
Auto-hyperlink of URLs
The editor automatically converts plain text URLs into clickable hyperlinks as they are typed.

React form validations
The Rich Text Editor supports form integration and can retrieve values during form submission. It includes the following validation types:
- Required validation
- Maximum length validation
Limit content length
Users can define a character limit for specific sections, allowing control over the amount of content entered.

Resizable editor
The React Rich Text Editor can be resized, enabling users to expand or reduce the content area as needed.
Insert an image through file manager
The built-in file manager allows users to insert and upload images directly from cloud storage or a server.


Format painter
The format painter enables users to copy formatting and apply it elsewhere, eliminating the need for manual adjustments. It is accessible from the toolbar or via keyboard shortcuts. The sticky mode, activated by double-clicking the toolbar button, allows users to apply formatting to multiple sections continuously.

Cut, copy, and paste
Use clipboard operations (cut, copy, and paste).

Undo and redo manager
The React Rich Text Editor manages the history of undo and redo actions, enabling users to customize the steps involved in undoing edits.

Print the text editor content
Print the WYSIWYG Rich Text Editor content with applied formatting either by using the print option from the toolbar or programmatically.

Touch-friendly and responsive WYSIWYG editor
Supports touch gestures, allowing users to swipe left or right to move the toolbar. The responsive design delivers a smooth experience across mobile, tablet, and desktop devices.

Built-in and customizable themes
Offers multiple built-in themes such as Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, Material, Fluent, and high contrast, along with customization options.

Developer-friendly APIs
There are sufficient client-side APIs available to enhance the process of content editing.
HTML editor accessibility

Keyboard navigation
The Rich Text Editor ensures that every cell is accessible using the keyboard. Major features like sort, select, and edit can be performed using keyboard commands alone; no mouse interaction is required. This helps in creating highly accessible applications using this component.

Screen reader
The Rich Text Editor view has complete WAI-ARIA accessibility support. Its UI includes high-contrast visual elements that help visually impaired people to have the best viewing experience. Also, valid UI descriptions are easily accessible through assistive technologies such as screen readers.

Right to Left (RTL)
The Rich Text Editor supports right-to-left rendering, allowing the text and layout of the text editor to be displayed from right to left. This improves the user experience and accessibility for users of RTL languages such as Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew.
Not sure how to create your first React Rich Text Editor? Our tutorial videos and documentation can help.
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Why should you choose Syncfusion React Rich Text Editor?
The Syncfusion React Rich Text Editor supports the following features:
Edit WYSIWYG HTML and Markdown content with a rich set of tools for modern web and mobile applications.
Easily incorporate into blog editors, message, HTML email composer, and discussion forum-like applications.
Make a floating toolbar or inline editor that allows you to select any editable element on the page and edit in place.
- Enjoy simple configuration and APIs.
- Renders in all modern browsers with ease.
- Use a mobile-friendly and responsive UI.
Take advantage of expansive learning resources such as demos and documentation to get started quickly with the component.
Where can I find the Syncfusion React Rich Text Editor demo?
You can find our React Rich Text Editor demo here, which demonstrates how to render and configure the Rich Text Editor.
Does the React Rich Text Editor support Markdown editing?
Yes. Syncfusion’s React Rich Text Editor supports both HTML (WYSIWYG) and Markdown editing modes. You can switch to Markdown by setting editorMode=”Markdown” and injecting the MarkdownEditor module.
Can the React Rich Text Editor auto-format Markdown symbols as I type?
Yes. The editor includes a feature to autoformat Markdown patterns (for example, patterns related to bold, strikethrough, code, etc.).
Does the React Rich Text Editor include undo/redo and clipboard features?
Yes. It supports:
- Undo/Redo via toolbar and keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl/Cmd + Z, etc.)
Clipboard-related features like Clipboard Cleanup to remove unwanted inline styles during copying and cutting while keeping table, list, and image structures.
Can I add mentions (@user) or hashtags using the React Rich Text Editor?
- Yes for mentions: Syncfusion supports integrating the React Mention component with the Rich Text Editor, where typing @ can open a suggestion list for tagging users and items. (dev.to)
- For hashtags (#topic): you can typically implement it using the same Mention integration pattern (trigger character customization) in your app logic, but confirm your exact hashtag UX with the Mention component configuration you choose.
Is a full screen editing mode available in the React Rich Text Editor?
Yes. The editor includes a Fullscreen mode that expands to the full browser viewport, typically triggered via the FullScreen toolbar button.
Can I download and utilize the Syncfusion React Rich Text Editor for free?
No, this is a commercial product and requires a paid license. However, a free community license is also available for companies and individuals whose organizations have less than $1 million USD in annual gross revenue, 5 or fewer developers, and 10 or fewer total employees.
How do I get started with Syncfusion React Rich Text Editor?
A good place to start would be our comprehensive getting started documentation.
How do I install the React Rich Text Editor in my project?
- You can install the React Rich Text Editor using npm: npm install @syncfusion/ej2-react-richtexteditor
- After installation, add the required Syncfusion CSS files in your app and inject modules like Toolbar, HtmlEditor, Image, Link, and QuickToolbar to enable essential editing features.
Is the React Rich Text Editor accessible and keyboard-friendly?
Yes. The React Rich Text Editor follows WAI ARIA guidelines and supports assistive technologies and full keyboard navigation, enabling accessible interaction with the editor, toolbar, dialogs, and content.
Does the React Rich Text Editor support editing in full HTML source mode?
It supports HTML editing (WYSIWYG) by default, and for a code or source editing experience, Syncfusion offers third-party integration (e.g., CodeMirror) to add an HTML source editor button and workflow.
Does the React Rich Text Editor offer full undo/redo history tracking?
It provides an undo/redo stack with configurable history behavior:
undoRedoSteps controls the maximum stored actions (documented limit up to 30 in the guide)
undoRedoTimer controls how frequently actions are captured
You can also clear history via clearUndoRedo() when loading or resetting content
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