How to avoid the formatting that comes along when you copy paste content from a site or word document to the Rich Text Editor (RTE) field in sharepoint? Ofcourse RTE already have an option Clear Formatting that can be used to clear after pasting the content,, but I do not want the format to be copied at first.
So after digging into SP.UI.RTE.js I have come up with a small script that will not paste the markup but only text.
//Disable the RTE paste option. Restricts to "Paste Plain Text"
function disableMarkupPasteForRTE()
{
Type.registerNamespace("RTE");
if (RTE)
{
if(RTE.RichTextEditor != null)
{
RTE.RichTextEditor.paste = function() { RTE.Cursor.paste(true); }
// Handle Ctrl+V short cut options in rich text editor
RTE.Cursor.$3C_0 = true;
}
}
}
I used the below standard sharepoint javascript function that will run the above or any javascript function on load of page.
_spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("disableMarkupPasteForRTE");
The final script will look like this:
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderId="PlaceHolderBodyAreaClass" runat="server">
<script type="text/javascript" id="disableMarkupPasteForRTE">
//Disable the RTE paste option. Restricts to "Paste Plain Text"
function disableMarkupPasteForRTE()
{
Type.registerNamespace("RTE");
if (RTE)
{
if(RTE.RichTextEditor != null)
{
RTE.RichTextEditor.paste = function() { RTE.Cursor.paste(true); }
// Handle Ctrl+V short cut options in rich text editor
RTE.Cursor.$3C_0 = true;
}
}
}
_spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("disableMarkupPasteForRTE");
</script>
</asp:Content>
