How to Disable Auto Numbering Lists in JavaScript Rich Text Editor?

To disable the auto numbering lists feature in the JavaScript Rich Text Editor, you can utilize the actionBegin event of the control. This allows you to intercept the action and prevent the default behavior when a user attempts to create ordered or unordered lists by typing 1. or * followed by space bar.

Initializing the Rich Text Editor

Initialize and set up the RichTextEditor with the actionBegin event.

var defaultRTE = new ej.richtexteditor.RichTextEditor({
  actionBegin: actionBegin,
});
defaultRTE.appendTo('#defaultRTE');

Implement the ActionBegin event

• The actionBegin function checks if the action is a space key press and if the request type is either an ordered list (OL) or an unordered list (UL).
• If both conditions are met, the args.cancel property is set to true, which prevents the auto numbering feature from being triggered.

Here is a code snippet demonstrating how to achieve this:

function actionBegin(args) {
  if (args.originalEvent.action == 'space' && (args.requestType == 'OL' || args.requestType == 'UL')
  ) {
    args.cancel = true;
  }
}

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning how to disable auto numbering lists in JavaScript Rich Text Editor.

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