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FormattedTextareaType

Enables TinyMCE text editor on TextareaType.

Type options

Option Type Default value Description
autoload bool true Whether to automatically load TinyMCE editor, or no.
limit int 21844 Limit of characters in text field. By default value equals to max size of UTF-8 content available in MySQL text column

Required Javascript components

In order to use TinyMCE editor in the PrestaShop UI Kit, you need to initialize its javascript component once the page is loaded:

$(document).ready(function () {
    window.prestashop.component.initComponents(
        [
            "TinyMCEEditor"
        ],
    );
});

Code example

<?php
// path/to/your/CustomType.php

use PrestaShopBundle\Form\Admin\Type\FormattedTextareaType;

class CustomType
{
    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {
        $builder
            ->add(
                'test_text_field',
                FormattedTextareaType::class
            )
        ;
    }
}

Preview example

FormattedTextareaType rendered in form example