Configuration

Quill allows several ways to customize it to suit your needs. This section is dedicated to tweaking existing functionality. See the Modules section for adding new functionality and the Themes section for styling.

Container

Quill requires a container where the editor will be appended. You can pass in either a CSS selector or a DOM object.

var editor = new Quill('.editor');  // First matching element will be used

var container = document.getElementById('editor');
var editor = new Quill(container);

var container = $('.editor').get(0);
var editor = new Quill(container);

Options

To configure Quill, pass in an options object:

var options = {
  debug: 'info',
  modules: {
    toolbar: '#toolbar'
  },
  placeholder: 'Compose an epic...',
  readOnly: true,
  theme: 'snow'
};
var editor = new Quill('#editor', options);

The following keys are recognized:

bounds

Default: document.body

DOM Element or a CSS selector for a DOM Element, within which the editor’s ui elements (i.e. tooltips, etc.) should be confined. Currently, it only considers left and right boundaries.

debug

Default: warn

Shortcut for debug. Note debug is a static method and will affect other instances of Quill editors on the page. Only warning and error messages are enabled by default.

formats

Default: All formats

Whitelist of formats to allow in the editor. See Formats for a complete list.

modules

Collection of modules to include and respective options. See Modules for more information.

placeholder

Default: None

Placeholder text to show when editor is empty.

readOnly

Default: false

Whether to instantiate the editor to read-only mode.

scrollingContainer

Default: null

DOM Element or a CSS selector for a DOM Element, specifying which container has the scrollbars (i.e. overflow-y: auto), if is has been changed from the default ql-editor with custom CSS. Necessary to fix scroll jumping bugs when Quill is set to auto grow its height, and another ancestor container is responsible from the scrolling.

theme

Name of theme to use. The builtin options are “bubble” or “snow”. An invalid or falsy value will load a default minimal theme. Note the theme’s specific stylesheet still needs to be included manually. See Themes for more information.