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editor.getPlainText()

Returns the editor’s content as plain text, with all HTML formatting removed. Use it for a text preview, a search index, an excerpt, or a character/word count — anywhere you want the words without the markup. It is also available under the alias editor.getText().

Syntax

editor.getPlainText()

Parameters

None.

Returns

The content as a plain-text string.

Behavior notes

  • Rendered text, not raw markup.The result is the visible text of the content — block structure appears as line breaks, and formatting tags are dropped. For the HTML itself, use getHTMLCode().
  • getText() is an alias. editor.getText() and editor.getPlainText() return the same value.
  • Round-trips with setPlainText. editor.setPlainText(value) replaces the content with plain text the same way.

Example usage

Build a short excerpt for a list view:

var editor1 = new RichTextEditor("#div_editor1");
var text = editor1.getPlainText();
var excerpt = text.slice(0, 140) + (text.length > 140 ? "..." : "");

Show a live character count:

console.log(editor1.getPlainText().length + " characters");

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