Simple template tag to render the editor

[ghost]

Hi all, I've a template which rather than using forms, calls an API directly. I'd like to include the martor editor in the page. Is there a simple way of inserting something like {{ martorfield }} into the middle of some form html to add the markdown editor with a relevant html form element name?

[agusmakmun]

Hello @ghost, seems currently we didn't support this yet.
But, I'll give you some clues how to do it manually in your project.

1. Create the custom martor templatetags to convert the original textarea to div+textarea from martor, for example:

from django import template
from martor.widgets import MartorWidget‎

register = template.Library()

@register.filter
def as_martor_field(form_textarea):
    return MartorWidget‎().render(name=form_textarea.name, value=form_textarea.value)

2. And use it in your template as:

{{ field.description|as_martor_field }}

3. In your template, don't miss to add the static files to ensure the editor loaded correctly, example: https://github.com/agusmakmun/django-markdown-editor/blob/master/martor_demo/app/templates/bootstrap/form.html

Note: above code is just exploration, and didn't test yet. Just give an idea how to do it.

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But, to note that adding more template tags will consume more on memory/ram.
So, I suggest you to do it via forms or models.