Styling in Angular Rich text editor component

27 Sep 202317 minutes to read

Font name and Font size

By default, the editor is initialized with Segoe UI font-family and 10pt font size. To change it select a different font name and font size from the drop-down in the editor’s toolbar.

To apply different font style for section of the content, select the text that you would like to change, and select a required font style from the drop-down to apply the changes to the selected text.

FontName DropDowns

The following table lists the default font name and width of the fontname drop-down and available list of font names.

Default Key	Default Value
font name	null
width	65px
items	{ text: ‘Segoe UI’, value: ‘Segoe UI’ },{ text: ‘Arial’, value: ‘Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif’ },{ text: ‘Courier New’, value: ‘Courier New,Courier,monospace’ },{ text: ‘Georgia’, value: ‘Georgia,serif’ },{ text: ‘Impact’, value: ‘Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif’ },{ text: ‘Lucida Console’, value: ‘Lucida Console,Monaco,monospace’ },{ text: ‘Tahoma’, value: ‘Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif’ },{ text: ‘Times New Roman’, value: ‘Times New Roman,Times,serif’ },{ text: ‘Trebuchet MS’, value: ‘Trebuchet MS,Helvetica,sans-serif’ },{ text: ‘Verdana’, value: ‘Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif’ }

FontSize DropDowns

The following table list the default font size and width of the fontsize dropdown and available list of font size.

Default Key	Default Value
font size	null
width	35px.
items	{ text: ‘8’, value: ‘8pt’ },{ text: ‘10’, value: ‘10pt’ },{ text: ‘12’, value: ‘12pt’ },{ text: ‘14’, value: ‘14pt’ },{ text: ‘18’, value: ‘18pt’ },{ text: ‘24’, value: ‘24pt’ },{ text: ‘36’, value: ‘36pt’ }.

The following sample demonstrates the option to add the font name and font size tools to the toolbar as well as modify the default width of the tools.

app.component.ts
app.module.ts
main.ts
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
enableRipple(true);

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { ToolbarService, LinkService, ImageService, HtmlEditorService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-richtexteditor';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-richtexteditor id='defaultRTE' [toolbarSettings]='tools' [fontSize]='size' [fontFamily] ='family'>
               </ejs-richtexteditor>`,
    providers: [ToolbarService, LinkService, ImageService, HtmlEditorService]
})
export class AppComponent  {
    public tools: object = {
        items: [ 'FontName', 'FontSize']
    };
    public size = {
        width: '40px'
    };
    public family = {
        width: '60px'
    };
}
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { RichTextEditorAllModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-richtexteditor';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { DialogModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-popups';

/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        RichTextEditorAllModule,
        DialogModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

import 'zone.js';
enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Custom fonts and size

Rich Text Editor supports to provide custom font and size with existing list.
If you want to add additional font names and font sizes to font drop-down, pass the font information as JSON data to the items field of the fontSize and fontFamily property.

app.component.ts
app.module.ts
main.ts
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
enableRipple(true);

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { ToolbarService, LinkService, ImageService, HtmlEditorService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-richtexteditor';
@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-richtexteditor id='defaultRTE' [toolbarSettings]='tools' [fontSize]='size' [fontFamily] ='family'>
    </ejs-richtexteditor>`,
    providers: [ToolbarService, LinkService, ImageService, HtmlEditorService]
})
export class AppComponent  {
    public tools: object = {
        items: [ 'FontName', 'FontSize']
    };
    public size = {
        default: '10',
        width: '40px',
        items: [{ text: '8', value: '8pt' },
        { text: '10', value: '10pt' },
        { text: '12', value: '12pt' },
        { text: '14', value: '14pt' },
        { text: '42', value: '42pt' }]
    };
    public family = {
        default: 'Segoe UI',
        width: '60px',
        items: [
        { text: 'Segoe UI', value: 'Segoe UI' },
        { text: 'Arial', value: 'Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif' },
        { text: 'Courier New', value: 'Courier New,Courier,monospace' },
        { text: 'Georgia', value: 'Georgia,serif' },
        { text: 'Impact', value: 'Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif' },
        { text: 'Calibri Light', value: 'CalibriLight' }]
    };
}
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { RichTextEditorAllModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-richtexteditor';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { DialogModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-popups';

/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        RichTextEditorAllModule,
        DialogModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

import 'zone.js';
enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Font and Background color

To apply fontColor or background color for a selected content of RTE, use font color and background color tools.

Rich Text Editor supports to provide custom font color and background color with existing list through the colorCode field of fontColor and backgroundColor.

The FontColor and the BackgroundColor property has two mode of Picker and Palette. Palette mode has predefined set of colorCode. The picker mode has Color scheme to choose the color values. Through modeSwitcher you can able to switch between these two options.

app.component.ts
app.module.ts
main.ts
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
enableRipple(true);

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { ToolbarService, LinkService, ImageService, HtmlEditorService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-richtexteditor';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template:  `<ejs-richtexteditor id='defaultRTE' [toolbarSettings]='tools' [backgroundColor]='bgColor' [fontColor] ='fontColor'>
              </ejs-richtexteditor>`,
    providers: [ToolbarService, LinkService, ImageService, HtmlEditorService]
})
export class AppComponent  {
    public tools: object = {
        items: [ 'FontColor', 'BackgroundColor' ]
    };
    public bgColor = {
        modeSwitcher : true
    };
    public fontColor = {
        modeSwitcher : true
    };
}
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { RichTextEditorAllModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-richtexteditor';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { DialogModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-popups';

/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        RichTextEditorAllModule,
        DialogModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

import 'zone.js';
enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Editor content styles

By default, The content styles of Rich Text Editor are not returned while retrieving HTML value from the editor. So, the styles are not applied when using the HTML value outside of the editor. To get the styles to Rich Text Editor’s content for your application, You can copy and use the below styles directly in your application. The styles listed below which used in the UI elements of the Rich Text Editor.

Make sure to add a CSS class ‘e-rte-content’ to the content container.

.e-rte-content p {
  margin: 0 0 10px;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.e-rte-content li {
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.e-rte-content h1 {
  font-size: 2.17em;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1;
  margin: 10px 0;
}

.e-rte-content h2 {
  font-size: 1.74em;
  font-weight: 400;
  margin: 10px 0;
}

.e-rte-content h3 {
  font-size: 1.31em;
  font-weight: 400;
  margin: 10px 0;
}

.e-rte-content h4 {
  font-size: 1em;
  font-weight: 400;
  margin: 0;
}

.e-rte-content h5 {
  font-size: 00.8em;
  font-weight: 400;
  margin: 0;
}

.e-rte-content h6 {
  font-size: 00.65em;
  font-weight: 400;
  margin: 0;
}

.e-rte-content blockquote {
  margin: 10px 0;
  margin-left: 0;
  padding-left: 5px;
}

.e-rte-content pre {
  background-color: inherit;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  color: #333;
  font-size: inherit;
  line-height: inherit;
  margin: 0 0 10px;
  overflow: visible;
  padding: 0;
  white-space: pre-wrap;
  word-break: inherit;
  word-wrap: break-word;
}

.e-rte-content strong, .e-rte-content b {
  font-weight: 700;
}

.e-rte-content a {
  text-decoration: none;
  -webkit-user-select: auto;
  -ms-user-select: auto;
  user-select: auto;
}

.e-rte-content a:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
}

.e-rte-content h3 + h4,
.e-rte-content h4 + h5,
.e-rte-content h5 + h6 {
  margin-top: 00.6em;
}

.e-rte-content .e-rte-image.e-imgbreak {
  border: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: block;
  float: none;
  margin: 5px auto;
  max-width: 100%;
  position: relative;
}

.e-rte-content .e-rte-image {
  border: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: block;
  float: none;
  margin: auto;
  max-width: 100%;
  position: relative;
}

.e-rte-content .e-rte-image.e-imginline {
  display: inline-block;
  float: none;
  margin-left: 5px;
  margin-right: 5px;
  max-width: calc(100% - (2 * 5px));
  vertical-align: bottom;
}

.e-rte-content .e-rte-image.e-imgcenter {
  cursor: pointer;
  display: block;
  float: none;
  margin: 5px auto;
  max-width: 100%;
  position: relative;
}

.e-rte-content .e-rte-image.e-imgleft {
  float: left;
  margin: 0 5px 0 0;
  text-align: left;
}

.e-rte-content .e-rte-image.e-imgright {
  float: right;
  margin: 0 0 0 5px;
  text-align: right;
}

.e-rte-content .e-rte-img-caption {
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 5px auto;
  max-width: 100%;
  position: relative;
}

.e-rte-content .e-rte-img-caption.e-caption-inline {
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 5px auto;
  margin-left: 5px;
  margin-right: 5px;
  max-width: calc(100% - (2 * 5px));
  position: relative;
  text-align: center;
  vertical-align: bottom;
}

.e-rte-content .e-rte-img-caption.e-imgcenter {
  display: block;
}

.e-rte-content .e-rte-img-caption .e-rte-image.e-imgright,
.e-rte-content .e-rte-img-caption .e-rte-image.e-imgleft {
  float: none;
  margin: 0;
}

.e-rte-content .e-rte-table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
  empty-cells: show;
}

.e-rte-content .e-rte-table td,
.e-rte-content .e-rte-table th {
  border: 1px solid #bdbdbd;
  height: 20px;
  min-width: 20px;
  padding: 2px 5px;
  vertical-align: middle;
}

.e-rte-content .e-rte-table.e-dashed-border td,
.e-rte-content .e-rte-table.e-dashed-border th {
  border-style: dashed;
}

.e-rte-content .e-rte-img-caption .e-img-inner {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  display: block;
  font-size: 16px;
  font-weight: initial;
  margin: auto;
  opacity: .9;
  position: relative;
  text-align: center;
  width: 100%;
}

.e-rte-content .e-rte-img-caption .e-img-wrap {
  display: inline-block;
  margin: auto;
  padding: 0;
  width: 100%;
}

.e-rte-content blockquote {
  border-left: solid 2px #333;
}

.e-rte-content a {
  color: #2e2ef1;
}

.e-rte-content .e-rte-table th {
  background-color: #e0e0e0;
}