Usage

from django import forms
from django_ace import AceWidget

class EditorForm(forms.Form):
    text = forms.CharField(widget=AceWidget)

Syntax highlighting and static analysis can be enabled by specifying the language:

class EditorForm(forms.Form):
    text = forms.CharField(widget=AceWidget(mode='css'))

Themes are also supported:

class EditorForm(forms.Form):
    text = forms.CharField(widget=AceWidget(mode='css', theme='twilight'))

To deactivate the syntax checker completely, disable the Web Worker:

class EditorForm(forms.Form):
    text = forms.CharField(widget=AceWidget(
        mode='css', theme='twilight', use_worker=False
    ))

All options, and their default values, are:

class EditorForm(forms.Form):
    text = forms.CharField(widget=AceWidget(
        mode=None,  # try for example "python"
        theme=None,  # try for example "twilight"
        use_worker=True,
        wordwrap=False,
        width="500px",
        height="300px",
        minlines=None,
        maxlines=None,
        showprintmargin=True,
        showinvisibles=False,
        usesofttabs=True,
        tabsize=None,
        fontsize=None,
        toolbar=True,
        readonly=False,
        showgutter=True,  # To hide/show line numbers
        behaviours=True,  # To disable auto-append of quote when quotes are entered
    ))

Installation

1. Install using pip:

pip install django_ace

2. Update INSTALLED_APPS:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    # ...
    'django_ace',
)

Example Project

There’s an example project included in the source, to try it do:

# install in virtualenv
cd example/
virtualenv .env
. .env/bin/activate
pip install -e ..
# prepare sqlite database
./manage.py makemigrations app
./manage.py migrate
# user for admin access
./manage.py createsuperuser
# run dev-server
./manage.py runserver

Then browser to http://localhost:8000 or http://localhost:8000/admin.

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