etherpad-lite/doc/api/embed_parameters.md

Embed parameters

You can easily embed your etherpad-lite into any webpage by using iframes. You can configure the embedded pad using embed paramters.

Example:

Cut and paste the following code into any webpage to embed a pad. The parameters below will hide the chat and the line numbers.

<iframe src='http://pad.test.de/p/PAD_NAME?showChat=false&showLineNumbers=false' width=600 height=400></iframe>

showLineNumbers

• Boolean

Default: true

showControls

• Boolean

Default: true

showChat

• Boolean

Default: true

useMonospaceFont

• Boolean

Default: false

userName

• String

Default: "unnamed"

Example: userName=Etherpad%20User

userColor

• String (css hex color value)

Default: randomly chosen by pad server

Example: userColor=%23ff9900

noColors

• Boolean

Default: false

alwaysShowChat

• Boolean

Default: false

lang

• String

Default: en

Example: lang=ar (translates the interface into Arabic)

rtl

• Boolean

Default: true Displays pad text from right to left.