django-markdown-editor-next 0.5

A Django package to support Markdown text editor in Django admin

Django Markdown Editor Next

An advanced Markdown editor for Django admin with real-time preview, image uploads, and customizable toolbar. This package extends and improves upon existing Django Markdown editors.

Installation

pip install django-markdown-editor-next

Setup

1. Add 'django_markdown_editor_next' to your INSTALLED_APPS setting.

2. Add the following to your project's urls.py:

   from django.urls import path, include
   
   urlpatterns = [
       # ... your other url patterns
       path('markdown-editor-next/', include('django_markdown_editor_next.urls')),
   ]
   

3. Ensure your MEDIA_ROOT and MEDIA_URL settings are configured in your Django settings:

   MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'media'
   MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
   

4. In your models, use the MarkdownField:

   from django_markdown_editor_next.fields import MarkdownField
   
   class MyModel(models.Model):
       content = MarkdownField()
   

Features

• Real-time Markdown preview
• Image uploads with drag-and-drop support
• Customizable toolbar
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Syntax highlighting for code blocks
• Emoji picker

Customizing the Toolbar

You can customize the toolbar buttons when defining your model field:

content = MarkdownField(
    custom_toolbar=[
        {'action': 'bold', 'icon': 'fas fa-bold', 'title': 'Bold'},
        {'action': 'italic', 'icon': 'fas fa-italic', 'title': 'Italic'},
        {'action': 'link', 'icon': 'fas fa-link', 'title': 'Link'},
        {'action': 'image', 'icon': 'fas fa-image', 'title': 'Image'},
        {'action': 'preview', 'icon': 'fas fa-eye', 'title': 'Toggle Preview'},
        {'action': 'emoji', 'icon': 'fas fa-smile', 'title': 'Insert Emoji'}
    ]
)

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Ctrl/Cmd + B: Bold
• Ctrl/Cmd + I: Italic
• Ctrl/Cmd + K: Insert Link
• Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + C: Insert Code Block

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.