ToolJet/docs/versioned_docs/version-3.16.0-LTS/widgets/code-editor.md

id	title
code-editor	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

<div style={{ width:"100px"}}> Property	<div style={{ width:"100px"}}> Description	<div style={{ width:"135px"}}> 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

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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

<div style={{ width:"100px"}}> Action	<div style={{ width:"150px"}}> Description	<div style={{ width:"250px"}}> 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

<div style={{ width:"100px"}}> Property	<div style={{ width:"150px"}}> Description	<div style={{ width:"250px"}}> 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

<div style={{ width:"100px"}}> Styles	<div style={{ width:"100px"}}> Description	<div style={{ width:"100px"}}> Default Value
Visibility	Toggle on or off to control the visibility of the component. You can programmatically change its value by clicking on the fx button next to it. If {{false}} the component will not be visible after the app is deployed.	By default, it's set to {{true}}
Disable	This is off by default, toggle on the switch to lock the component and make it non-functional. You can also programmatically set the value by clicking on the fx button next to it. If set to {{true}}, the component will be locked and becomes non-functional.	By default, its value is set to {{false}}
Border radius	Modifies the border radius of the editor. The field expects only numerical value from 1 to 100.	Default is 0.

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