Code Editor

The Code Editor component lets users write and edit code directly within the app, with syntax highlighting and formatting for various programming languages. It's ideal for configuring scripts, editing JSON, or working with custom logic in a more developer-friendly interface.

Properties

Property	Description	Expected Value
Placeholder	Specifies a hint that describes the expected value.	This field requires a String value.
Mode	Specifies the language to be used for the code-editor.	See info below for the list of all supported languages.
Show line number	Show or hides line numbers to the left of the editor.	This field expects a boolean value {{true}} or {{false}}.

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Supporting all commonly used languages.

• APL
• ASN.1
• Asterisk dialplan
• Brainfuck
• C, C++, C#
• Ceylon
• Clojure
• Closure Stylesheets (GSS)
• CMake
• COBOL
• CoffeeScript
• Common Lisp
• Crystal
• CSS
• Cypher
• Cython
• D
• Dart
• Django (templating language)
• Dockerfile
• diff
• DTD
• Dylan
• EBNF
• ECL
• Eiffel
• Elixir
• Elm
• Erlang
• Factor
• FCL
• Forth
• Fortran
• F#
• Gas (AT&T-style assembly)
• Gherkin
• Go
• Groovy
• HAML
• Handlebars
• Haskell
• Haxe
• HTML embedded (JSP, ASP.NET)
• HTML mixed-mode
• HTTP
• IDL
• Java
• JavaScript (JSX)
• Jinja2
• Julia
• Kotlin
• LESS
• LiveScript
• Lua
• Markdown (GitHub-flavour)
• Mathematica
• mbox
• mIRC
• Modelica
• MscGen
• MUMPS
• Nginx
• NSIS
• N-Triples/N-Quads
• Objective C
• OCaml
• Octave (MATLAB)
• Oz
• Pascal
• PEG.js
• Perl
• PGP (ASCII armor)
• PHP
• Pig Latin
• PowerShell
• Properties files
• ProtoBuf
• Pug
• Puppet
• Python
• Q
• R
• RPM
• reStructuredText
• Ruby
• Rust
• SAS
• Sass
• Spreadsheet
• Scala
• Scheme
• SCSS
• Shell
• Sieve
• Slim
• Smalltalk
• Smarty
• Solr
• Soy
• Stylus
• SQL (several dialects)
• SPARQL
• Squirrel
• Swift
• sTeX, LaTeX
• Tcl
• Textile
• Tiddlywiki
• Tiki wiki
• TOML
• Tornado (templating language)
• troff (for manpages)
• TTCN
• TTCN Configuration
• Turtle
• Twig
• VB.NET
• VBScript
• Velocity
• Verilog/SystemVerilog
• VHDL
• Vue.js app
• Web IDL
• WebAssembly Text Format
• XML/HTML
• XQuery
• Yacas
• YAML
• YAML frontmatter
• Z80

Component Specific Actions (CSA)

The following actions of the component can be controlled using the component-specific actions (CSA), you can trigger it using an event or use a RunJS query.

Action	Description	How To Access
setValue	Sets the value of the code editor.	components.codeeditor1.setValue('const getRandomNumber = () => Math.floor(Math.random() * 100) + 1')

Note: If the setValue component specific action is executed using a JavaScript query, you will have to pass the code inside backticks.

Exposed Variables

Variables	Description	How To Access
value	Holds the current input value entered by the user in the code editor.	{{components.codeeditor1.value}}

Additional Actions

Action	Description	Configuration Options
Dynamic height	Automatically adjusts the component's height based on its content.	Enable/disable the toggle button or dynamically configure the value by clicking on fx and entering a logical expression.
Tooltip	Provides additional information on hover. Set a display string.	String

Devices

Property	Description	Expected Value
Show on desktop	Makes the component visible in desktop view.	You can set it with the toggle button or dynamically configure the value by clicking on fx and entering a logical expression.
Show on mobile	Makes the component visible in mobile view.	You can set it with the toggle button or dynamically configure the value by clicking on fx and entering a logical expression.

Styles

Container

Property	Description	Configuration Options
Visibility	Controls component visibility.	Toggle on or off, or set programmatically using fx.
Disable	Locks the component and makes it non-functional.	Toggle on or off, or set programmatically using fx.
Border radius	Sets the corner radius of the editor.	Enter a numeric value (default: 6) or set it programmatically using fx.
Border color	Sets the border color of the editor.	Select a color from the color picker or set it programmatically using fx.
Background	Sets the background color of the editor.	Select a color from the color picker or set it programmatically using fx.

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Any property having fx button next to its field can be programmatically configured.