Font Name dropdown Customization

CuteEditor for .NET

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" html="Arial">Arial</item>
<item text="Verdana" html="Verdana">Verdana</item>
<item text="Comic Sans MS" html="Comic Sans MS">Comic Sans MS</item>
<item text="Courier" html="Courier">Courier</item>
<item text="Georgia" html="Georgia">Georgia</item>
<item text="Impact" html="Impact">Impact</item>
<item text="Lucida Console" html="Lucida Console">Lucida Console</item>
<item text="Tahoma" html="Tahoma">Tahoma</item>
<item text="Times New Roman" html="Times New Roman">Times New Roman</item>
<item text="Wingdings" html="Wingdings">Wingdings</item>
</FontName>

2. Programmatically Populate the Font Name

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("Tahoma","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("Tahoma", "Tahoma", "Tahoma")
End If
End If