# Ace Editor

This is the main component of React-Ace. It creates an instance of the Ace Editor.

## Demo

http://securingsincity.github.io/react-ace/

## Example Code


```javascript
import React from 'react';
import { render } from 'react-dom';
import brace from 'brace';
import AceEditor from 'react-ace';

import 'brace/mode/java';
import 'brace/theme/github';

function onChange(newValue) {
  console.log('change',newValue);
}

// Render editor
render(
  <AceEditor
    mode="java"
    theme="github"
    onChange={onChange}
    name="UNIQUE_ID_OF_DIV"
    editorProps={{$blockScrolling: true}}
  />,
  document.getElementById('example')
);
```


## Available Props

|Prop|Default|Type|Description|
|-----|------|-----|-----|
|name| 'brace-editor'| String |Unique Id to be used for the editor|
|mode| ''| String |Language for parsing and code highlighting|
|theme| ''| String |theme to use|
|value | ''| String | value you want to populate in the code highlighter|
|defaultValue | ''| String |Default value of the editor|
|height| '500px'| String |CSS value for height|
|width| '500px'| String |CSS value for width|
|className| | String |custom className|
|fontSize| 12| Number |pixel value for font-size|
|showGutter| true| Boolean | show gutter |
|showPrintMargin| true| Boolean| show print margin |
|highlightActiveLine| true| Boolean| highlight active line|
|focus| false| Boolean| whether to focus
|cursorStart| 1| Number| the location of the cursor
|wrapEnabled| false| Boolean | Wrapping lines|
|readOnly| false| Boolean| make the editor read only |
|minLines| | Number |Minimum number of lines to be displayed|
|maxLines| | Number |Maximum number of lines to be displayed|
|enableBasicAutocompletion| false| Boolean | Enable basic autocompletion|
|enableLiveAutocompletion| false| Boolean | Enable live autocompletion|
|tabSize| 4|  Number| tabSize|
|onLoad| | Function | called on editor load. The first argument is the instance of the editor |
|onBeforeLoad| | Function | called before editor load. the first argument is an instance of `ace`|
|onChange| | Function |  occurs on document change it has 2 arguments the value and the event.|
|onCopy| | Function | triggered  by editor `copy` event, and passes text as argument|
|onPaste| | Function | Triggered by editor `paste` event, and passes text as argument|
|onSelectionChange| | Function | triggered by editor `selectionChange` event, and passes a [Selection](https://ace.c9.io/#nav=api&api=selection) as it's first argument and the event as the second|
|onFocus| | Function | triggered by editor `focus` event|
|onBlur| | Function | triggered by editor `blur` event|
|onInput| | Function | triggered by editor `input` event|
|onScroll| | Function | triggered by editor `scroll` event|
|onValidate| | Function | triggered, when annotations are changed|
|editorProps| | Object | properties to apply directly to the Ace editor instance|
|setOptions| | Object | [options](https://github.com/ajaxorg/ace/wiki/Configuring-Ace) to apply directly to the Ace editor instance|
|keyboardHandler| | String | corresponding to the keybinding mode to set (such as vim or emacs)|
|commands| | Array | new commands to add to the editor
|annotations| | Array | annotations to show in the editor i.e. `[{ row: 0, column: 2, type: 'error', text: 'Some error.'}]`, displayed in the gutter|
|markers| | Array | [markers](https://ace.c9.io/api/edit_session.html#EditSession.addMarker) to show in the editor, i.e. `[{ startRow: 0, startCol: 2, endRow: 1, endCol: 20, className: 'error-marker', type: 'background' }]`|
|style| | Object  | camelCased properties |
