TINY-11906: Enable support for readonly mode (#588)

* TINY-11906: Enable support for readonly mode

* TINY-11906: Add tests

* TINY-11906: Add changelog and update tinymce

* TINY-11906: Add the missing readonly prop

* TINY-11906: Change to support previous versions of TinyMCE

* TINY-11906: Update tests

Author: tiny-ben-tran

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Changed
+- The `disabled` property now toggles the `disabled` option. #TINY-11906
+
+### Added
+- Added `readonly` property that can be used to toggle the `readonly` mode. #TINY-11906
+
 ## 6.1.0 - 2025-03-31
 
 ### Added

package.json

@@ -68,14 +68,15 @@
     "react-dom": "^19.0.0",
     "rimraf": "^6.0.1",
     "storybook": "^8.6.4",
-    "tinymce": "^7.2.1",
+    "tinymce": "^7",
     "tinymce-4": "npm:tinymce@^4",
     "tinymce-5": "npm:tinymce@^5",
     "tinymce-6": "npm:tinymce@^6",
     "tinymce-7": "npm:tinymce@^7",
+    "tinymce-7.5": "npm:[email protected]",
     "typescript": "~5.8.2",
     "vite": "^6.2.1"
   },
-  "version": "6.1.1-rc",
+  "version": "6.2.0-rc",
   "name": "@tinymce/tinymce-react"
 }

src/main/ts/Utils.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { eventPropTypes, IEventPropTypes } from './components/EditorPropTypes';
 import { IAllProps } from './components/Editor';
 import type { Editor as TinyMCEEditor, EditorEvent } from 'tinymce';
+import { getTinymce } from './TinyMCE';
+import { TinyVer } from '@tinymce/miniature';
 
 export const isFunction = (x: unknown): x is Function => typeof x === 'function';
 
@@ -109,4 +111,19 @@ export const setMode = (editor: TinyMCEEditor | undefined, mode: 'readonly' | 'd
       (editor as any).setMode(mode);
     }
   }
+};
+
+export const getTinymceOrError = (view: Window) => {
+  const tinymce = getTinymce(view);
+  if (!tinymce) {
+    throw new Error('tinymce should have been loaded into global scope');
+  }
+
+  return tinymce;
+};
+
+export const isDisabledOptionSupported = (view: Window) => {
+  const tinymce = getTinymceOrError(view);
+
+  return !TinyVer.isLessThan(tinymce, '7.6.0');
 };

src/main/ts/components/Editor.tsx

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import type { Bookmark, EditorEvent, TinyMCE, Editor as TinyMCEEditor } from 'tinymce';
 import { IEvents } from '../Events';
 import { ScriptItem, ScriptLoader } from '../ScriptLoader2';
-import { getTinymce } from '../TinyMCE';
-import { configHandlers, isBeforeInputEventAvailable, isFunction, isInDoc, isTextareaOrInput, mergePlugins, setMode, uuid } from '../Utils';
+import { configHandlers, isBeforeInputEventAvailable,
+  isFunction, isInDoc, isTextareaOrInput, mergePlugins,
+  setMode, uuid, isDisabledOptionSupported,
+  getTinymceOrError } from '../Utils';
 import { EditorPropTypes, IEditorPropTypes } from './EditorPropTypes';
+import { getTinymce } from '../TinyMCE';
 
 const changeEvents = 'change keyup compositionend setcontent CommentChange';
 
@@ -14,14 +17,15 @@ interface DoNotUse<T extends string> {
   __brand: T;
 }
 
-type OmittedInitProps = 'selector' | 'target' | 'readonly' | 'license_key';
+type OmittedInitProps = 'selector' | 'target' | 'readonly' | 'disabled' | 'license_key';
 
 type EditorOptions = Parameters<TinyMCE['init']>[0];
 
 export type InitOptions = Omit<OmitStringIndexSignature<EditorOptions>, OmittedInitProps> & {
   selector?: DoNotUse<'selector prop is handled internally by the component'>;
   target?: DoNotUse<'target prop is handled internally by the component'>;
-  readonly?: DoNotUse<'readonly prop is overridden by the component, use the `disabled` prop instead'>;
+  readonly?: DoNotUse<'readonly prop is overridden by the component'>;
+  disabled?: DoNotUse<'disabled prop is overridden by the component'>;
   license_key?: DoNotUse<'license_key prop is overridden by the integration, use the `licenseKey` prop instead'>;
 } & { [key: string]: unknown };
 
@@ -95,9 +99,14 @@ export interface IProps {
   toolbar: NonNullable<EditorOptions['toolbar']>;
   /**
    * @see {@link https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/react-ref/#disabled React Tech Ref - disabled}
-   * @description Whether the editor should be "disabled" (read-only).
+   * @description Whether the editor should be disabled.
    */
   disabled: boolean;
+  /**
+   * @see {@link https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/react-ref/#readonly React Tech Ref - readonly}
+   * @description Whether the editor should be readonly.
+   */
+  readonly: boolean;
   /**
    * @see {@link https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/react-ref/#textareaname React Tech Ref - textareaName}
    * @description Set the `name` attribute of the `textarea` element used for the editor in forms. Only valid in iframe mode.
@@ -209,9 +218,18 @@ export class Editor extends React.Component<IAllProps> {
             }
           });
         }
+
+        if (this.props.readonly !== prevProps.readonly) {
+          const readonly = this.props.readonly ?? false;
+          setMode(this.editor, readonly ? 'readonly' : 'design');
+        }
+
         if (this.props.disabled !== prevProps.disabled) {
-          const disabled = this.props.disabled ?? false;
-          setMode(this.editor, disabled ? 'readonly' : 'design');
+          if (isDisabledOptionSupported(this.view)) {
+            this.editor.options.set('disabled', this.props.disabled);
+          } else {
+            setMode(this.editor, this.props.disabled ? 'readonly' : 'design');
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -431,16 +449,16 @@ export class Editor extends React.Component<IAllProps> {
       return;
     }
 
-    const tinymce = getTinymce(this.view);
-    if (!tinymce) {
-      throw new Error('tinymce should have been loaded into global scope');
-    }
+    const tinymce = getTinymceOrError(this.view);
 
     const finalInit: EditorOptions = {
       ...this.props.init as Omit<InitOptions, OmittedInitProps>,
       selector: undefined,
       target,
-      readonly: this.props.disabled,
+      ...isDisabledOptionSupported(this.view)
+        ? { disabled: this.props.disabled, readonly: this.props.readonly }
+        : { readonly: this.props.disabled || this.props.readonly }
+      ,
       inline: this.inline,
       plugins: mergePlugins(this.props.init?.plugins, this.props.plugins),
       toolbar: this.props.toolbar ?? this.props.init?.toolbar,
@@ -477,8 +495,7 @@ export class Editor extends React.Component<IAllProps> {
           editor.undoManager.add();
           editor.setDirty(false);
         }
-        const disabled = this.props.disabled ?? false;
-        setMode(this.editor, disabled ? 'readonly' : 'design');
+
         // ensure existing init_instance_callback is called
         if (this.props.init && isFunction(this.props.init.init_instance_callback)) {
           this.props.init.init_instance_callback(editor);

src/main/ts/components/EditorPropTypes.ts

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export const EditorPropTypes: IEditorPropTypes = {
   plugins: PropTypes.oneOfType([ PropTypes.string, PropTypes.array ]),
   toolbar: PropTypes.oneOfType([ PropTypes.string, PropTypes.array ]),
   disabled: PropTypes.bool,
+  readonly: PropTypes.bool,
   textareaName: PropTypes.string,
   tinymceScriptSrc: PropTypes.oneOfType([
     PropTypes.string,

src/stories/Editor.stories.tsx

@@ -145,6 +145,25 @@ export const ToggleDisabledProp: StoryObj<Editor> = {
   }
 };
 
+export const ToggleReadonlyProp: StoryObj<Editor> = {
+  render: () => {
+    const [ readonly, setReadonly ] = React.useState(true);
+    const toggleReadonly = () => setReadonly((prev) => !prev);
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <Editor
+          apiKey={apiKey}
+          initialValue={initialValue}
+          readonly={readonly}
+        />
+        <button onClick={toggleReadonly}>
+          {readonly ? 'Set editable' : 'Set Readonly'}
+        </button>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+};
+
 export const CloudChannelSetTo5Dev: StoryObj<Editor> = {
   name: 'Cloud Channel Set To "6-dev"',
   render: () => (

src/test/ts/browser/EditorDisabledTest.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { context, describe, it } from '@ephox/bedrock-client';
+import * as Loader from '../alien/Loader';
+import { Assertions, Waiter } from '@ephox/agar';
+
+describe('EditorDisabledTest', () => {
+
+  context('with TinyMCE < 7.6', () => {
+    Loader.withVersion('7.5', (render) => {
+      it('updating disabled prop should toggle the editor\'s mode', async () => {
+        using ctx = await render({
+          disabled: true
+        });
+
+        Assertions.assertEq('mode is readonly', 'readonly', ctx.editor.mode.get());
+
+        await ctx.reRender({
+          disabled: false
+        });
+        await Waiter.pTryUntil('mode is changed to design', () => {
+          Assertions.assertEq('mode is design', 'design', ctx.editor.mode.get());
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('updating readonly prop should toggle the editor\'s mode', async () => {
+        using ctx = await render({
+          readonly: true
+        });
+        Assertions.assertEq('mode is readonly', 'readonly', ctx.editor.mode.get());
+
+        await ctx.reRender({
+          readonly: false
+        });
+        await Waiter.pTryUntil('mode is changed to design', () => {
+          Assertions.assertEq('mode is design', 'design', ctx.editor.mode.get());
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  context('with TinyMCE >= 7.6', () => {
+    Loader.withVersion('7', (render) => {
+      it('updating disabled prop should only change the editor\'s state', async () => {
+        using ctx = await render({
+          disabled: true
+        });
+
+        Assertions.assertEq('mode is design', 'design', ctx.editor.mode.get());
+        Assertions.assertEq('editor is disabled', true, ctx.editor.options.get('disabled'));
+
+        await ctx.reRender({
+          disabled: false
+        });
+
+        await Waiter.pTryUntil('editor\'s state should be updated', () => {
+          Assertions.assertEq('mode is design', 'design', ctx.editor.mode.get());
+          Assertions.assertEq('editor is not disabled', false, ctx.editor.options.get('disabled'));
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('updating readonly prop should only change the editor\'s mode', async () => {
+        using ctx = await render({
+          readonly: true
+        });
+        Assertions.assertEq('mode is readonly', 'readonly', ctx.editor.mode.get());
+        Assertions.assertEq('editor is not disabled', false, ctx.editor.options.get('disabled'));
+
+        await ctx.reRender({
+          readonly: false
+        });
+        await Waiter.pTryUntil('editor\'s mode should be updated', () => {
+          Assertions.assertEq('mode is design', 'design', ctx.editor.mode.get());
+          Assertions.assertEq('editor is not disabled', false, ctx.editor.options.get('disabled'));
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});

src/test/ts/browser/EditorInitTest.ts

@@ -69,13 +69,6 @@ describe('EditorInitTest', () => {
         TinyAssertions.assertContent(ctx.editor, '<p>New Value</p>');
       });
 
-      it('Disabled prop should disable editor', async () => {
-        using ctx = await render();
-        Assertions.assertEq('Should be design mode', true, '4' === version ? !ctx.editor.readonly : ctx.editor.mode.get() === 'design');
-        await ctx.reRender({ ...defaultProps, disabled: true });
-        Assertions.assertEq('Should be readonly mode', true, '4' === version ? ctx.editor.readonly : ctx.editor.mode.get() === 'readonly');
-      });
-
       it('Using an overriden props will cause a TS error', async () => {
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
         using _ = await render({

yarn.lock

@@ -8705,15 +8705,20 @@ tiny-invariant@^1.3.1, tiny-invariant@^1.3.3:
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+"tinymce-7.5@npm:tinymce@7.5":
+  version "7.5.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tinymce/-/tinymce-7.5.1.tgz#4c207ab930d3a073bf851ddd3a8aa44d8d94d7bd"
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+  version "7.8.0"
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+
+tinymce@^7:
+  version "7.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tinymce/-/tinymce-7.8.0.tgz#d57a597aecdc2108f2dd68fe74c6099c0a0ef66f"
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