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The Monaco Editor is the code editor that powers VS Code, a good page describing the code editor’s features is here.
Try it out
See the editor in action here.
Learn how to extend the editor and try out your own customizations in the playground.
Browse the latest editor API at monaco.d.ts.
Known issues
In IE, the editor must be completely surrounded in the body element, otherwise the hit testing we do for mouse operations does not work. You can inspect this using F12 and clicking on the body element and confirm that visually it surrounds the editor.
Integrate
Here is the most basic HTML page that embeds the editor. More samples are available at monaco-editor-samples.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" >
</head>
<body>
<div id="container" style="width:800px;height:600px;border:1px solid grey"></div>
<script src="monaco-editor/min/vs/loader.js"></script>
<script>
require.config({ paths: { 'vs': 'monaco-editor/min/vs' }});
require(['vs/editor/editor.main'], function() {
var editor = monaco.editor.create(document.getElementById('container'), {
value: [
'function x() {',
'\tconsole.log("Hello world!");',
'}'
].join('\n'),
language: 'javascript'
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
More documentation
Read this guide to ensure the editor is accessible to all your users!
Find full HTML samples here.
Create a Monarch tokenizer here.
FAQ
What is the relationship between VS Code and the Monaco Editor?
The Monaco Editor is generated straight from VS Code’s sources with some shims around services the code needs to make it run in a web browser outside of its home.
What is the relationship between VS Code’s version and the Monaco Editor’s version?
None. The Monaco Editor is a library and it reflects directly the source code.
I’ve written an extension for VS Code, will it work on the Monaco Editor in a browser?
No.
Why all these web workers and why should I care?
Language services create web workers to compute heavy stuff outside the UI thread. They cost hardly anything in terms of resource overhead and you shouldn’t worry too much about them, as long as you get them to work (see above the cross-domain case).
What is this loader.js? Can I use require.js?
It is an AMD loader that we use in VS Code. Yes.
I see the warning “Could not create web worker”. What should I do?
HTML5 does not allow pages loaded on file:// to create web workers. Please load the editor with a web server on http:// or https:// schemes. Please also see the cross domain case above.
Is the editor supported in mobile browsers or mobile web app frameworks?
No.
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.