Customize color picker in React Document editor control

3 May 20253 minutes to read

Document editor provides an options to customize the color picker using colorPickerSettings in Document editor settings. Color picker offers customization options for default appearance, by allowing selection between Picker or Palette mode, for font and border colors.”

Similarly, you can use documentEditorSettings property for DocumentEditor also.

The following example code illustrates how to Customize the color picker in Document editor container.

import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import {
  DocumentEditorContainerComponent,
  Toolbar,
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-documenteditor';

DocumentEditorContainerComponent.Inject(Toolbar);
function App() {
  let container;
// Add required color picker settings to the document editor settings
let settings =  {colorPickerSettings: { mode: 'Palette', modeSwitcher: true, showButtons: true }};
return (
  <DocumentEditorContainerComponent
    id="container"
    height={'590px'}
    serviceUrl="https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/documenteditor/"
    enableToolbar={true}
    documentEditorSettings={settings}
  />
);
  return (
    <DocumentEditorContainerComponent
      id="container"
      ref={(scope) => {
        container = scope;
      }}
      height={'590px'}
      serviceUrl="https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/documenteditor/"
      enableToolbar={true}
    />
  );
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

The Web API hosted link https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/documenteditor/ utilized in the Document Editor’s serviceUrl property is intended solely for demonstration and evaluation purposes. For production deployment, please host your own web service with your required server configurations. You can refer and reuse the GitHub Web Service example or Docker image for hosting your own web service and use for the serviceUrl property.

The following table illustrates all the possible properties for the color picker.

Property	Behavior
columns	It is used to render the ColorPicker palette with specified columns. Defaults to 10
disabled	It is used to enable / disable ColorPicker component. If it is disabled the ColorPicker popup won’t open. Defaults to false
mode	It is used to render the ColorPicker with the specified mode. Defaults to ‘Picker’
modeSwitcher	It is used to show / hide the mode switcher button of ColorPicker component. Defaults to true
showButtons	It is used to show / hide the control buttons (apply / cancel) of ColorPicker component. Defaults to true

Note: According to the Word document specifications, it is not possible to modify the Predefined Highlight colors. This limitation means that the range of highlight colors provided by default cannot be customized or expanded upon by the user to suit individual preferences. Consequently, users must work within the confines of the existing color palette, as no functionality currently exists to modify or personalize these predefined highlighting options.