Content Behavior

These options control how the editor handles content creation, Enter key behavior, text patterns, and drag-and-drop operations.

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
forced_root_block	string	'p'	Block element used to wrap text nodes at the root level.
forced_root_block_attrs	object	{}	HTML attributes applied to the forced root block element.
newline_behavior	string	'default'	What happens when the user presses Enter. 'block' inserts a new block, 'linebreak' inserts a <br>, 'invert' swaps the behavior of Enter and Shift+Enter, 'default' uses the standard behavior.
br_in_pre	boolean	true	Insert a <br> instead of splitting into a new <pre> block when Enter is pressed inside a <pre> element.
br_newline_selector	string	'.editor42-m-toc h2,figcaption,caption'	CSS selector for elements where Enter inserts a <br> instead of creating a new block.
no_newline_selector	string	''	CSS selector for elements where the Enter key is suppressed entirely.
keep_styles	boolean	true	Carry text formatting (bold, italic, etc.) into the new paragraph when pressing Enter.
end_container_on_empty_block	boolean/string	'blockquote'	End a containing block when the user presses Enter twice on an empty line. Set to a tag name or true for all blocks.
text_patterns	object[]/false	see below	Markdown-like text patterns that trigger automatic formatting. Set to false to disable.
text_patterns_lookup	function	—	Callback that dynamically provides additional text patterns based on context.
block_unsupported_drop	boolean	true	Block drag-and-drop of content types that the editor does not support.
table_tab_navigation	boolean	true	Allow the Tab key to navigate between table cells.
newdocument_content	string	''	HTML content inserted when the "New Document" command is executed.

Default text patterns

The built-in text patterns include:

• *text* — italic
• **text** — bold
• # — heading 1 (up to ###### for heading 6)
• * or - — unordered list
• 1. — ordered list

Example

editor42.init({
  selector: 'textarea',
  forced_root_block: 'div',
  newline_behavior: 'linebreak',
  keep_styles: true,
  text_patterns: [
    { start: '*', end: '*', format: 'italic' },
    { start: '**', end: '**', format: 'bold' },
    { start: '# ', cmd: 'editor42InsertContent', value: '<h1>$1</h1>' }
  ]
});