Font Name dropdown Customization

Font Name Dropdown Customization

The Font Name dropdown of CuteEditor by default displays a predefined set of font names. You can easily modify this default set using the following methods.

1: Edit Dropdown Configuration File (Common.config).

The dropdown configuration file (Common.config) can be found in the /CuteEditor/Configuration/Shared folder. In dropdown configuration file you can find the FontName element which contains the configuration information for the Font Name dropdown within CuteEditor. By default, it contains the following font names:

You can modify the FontName element to create your own font name list.

Example:

<FontName>
      <item text="Arial" value="Arial" />
     <item text="Verdana" value="Verdana" />
     <item text="Tahoma" value="Tahoma" />
</FontName>

Now the Font Name dropdown contains only Arial, Verdanda and Tahoma.

2: Programmatically Populate the Font Name Dropdown

C# Example:

if (!IsPostBack) {
CuteEditor.ToolControl toolctrl=Editor1.ToolControls["FontName"];
if(toolctrl!=null) {
CuteEditor.RichDropDownList dropdown=(CuteEditor.RichDropDownList)toolctrl.Control;
//the first item is the caption
CuteEditor.RichListItem richitem=dropdown.Items[0];
//clear the items from configuration files
dropdown.Items.Clear();
//add the caption
dropdown.Items.Add(richitem);
//add value only
dropdown.Items.Add("Arial");
//add text and value
dropdown.Items.Add("Verdana","Verdana");
//add html and text and value
dropdown.Items.Add("<span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12pt'>Tahoma</span>","Tahoma","Tahoma");
}
}

VB Example:

If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
  If Not Editor1.ToolControls("FontName") Is Nothing Then
      Dim dropdown As CuteEditor.RichDropDownList
      Dim richitem As CuteEditor.RichListItem
      dropdown = DirectCast(Editor1.ToolControls("FontName").Control, CuteEditor.RichDropDownList)
      'the first item is the caption
      richitem = dropdown.Items(0)
      'clear the items from configuration files
      dropdown.Items.Clear()
    'add the caption
      dropdown.Items.Add(richitem)
      'add value only
      dropdown.Items.Add("Arial")
     'add text and value
      dropdown.Items.Add("Verdana","Verdana")
      'Add html and text and value
      dropdown.Items.Add("<span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12pt'>Tahoma</span>", "Tahoma", "Tahoma")
  End If
End If