Resize EpicEditor based on content placed in it
I am using epiceditor on my site and I am filling it with markdown embedded in the page by the server. Currently, when the epiceditor is displayed, it has a very small default height, with scrollbars to handle all the content. I can manually set the height of the div and so far the best I could do (I set it to something big enough: 800px). However, I would like its height to always be high enough to fit all content without scrollbars. Essentially a bit of an overflow: apparently.
Here's the relevant parts so far
<html>
<head>
<script src="/assets/javascripts/epiceditor/js/epiceditor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script id="postMarkdown" type="text/markdown" data-postId="1">
#Markdowns in here
...
</script>
<style>
#epiceditor{
height: 800px;
}
</style>
<script src="/assets/javascripts/thrown/posts/edit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="epiceditor">
</div>
</body>
</html>
And heres the source edit.js (compiled it from coffescript)
$ ->
postMarkdown = $("#postMarkdown").first()
options =
basePath : '../../assets/javascripts/epiceditor'
editor = new EpicEditor(options).load()
postId = postMarkdown.data('postId')
markdown = postMarkdown.html()
editor.importFile('posts/'+postId,markdown);
editor.reflow();
I was hoping that the reflow could increase the height after the content was inserted, however there was no such luck. However, if I resize the div and call reflow it resizes correctly. I checked the markup I created in the hopes that I could figure out the height and resize its container and tell it to be rescheduled. However, it appears to contain multiple frames, and at first glance, I didn't expect this to be a quick change, or if possible. However, I would welcome any solution.
I also understand that if I put its container at the right height the epiceditor will fill the right space. However, I want it to be as tall as possible for rendering, so that the editor takes the right place in the rest of the site design. So if there is anything I can set in EpicEditor so that it doesn't overflow the way it is, or a way to determine the height after loading, I'm tuned in. Thanks for any help.
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I am the guy who made EpicEditor, here is the solution for you:
var editor = new EpicEditor({
basePath: 'https://raw.github.com/OscarGodson/EpicEditor/develop/epiceditor'
});
var updateEditorHeight = function () {
editorHeight = $(editor.getElement('editor').body).height();
// +20 for padding
$('#epiceditor').height(editorHeight + 20);
editor.reflow();
}
editor.load(function (){
updateEditorHeight();
});
editor.on('update', function () {
// You should probably put a check here so it doesn't
// run for every update, but just on update, AND if the
// element height is different then before.
updateEditorHeight();
});
Also, in CSS I added a wrapper overflow: hidden
to the epiceditor so the scrollbars don't appear as they grow.
DEMO: http://jsbin.com/eyidey/1/
DEMO CODE: http://jsbin.com/eyidey/1/edit
UPDATE
As in EpicEditor 0.2.2, autorun is built in. Just enable the option autogrow
.
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