Paragraph dropdown Customization

Paragraph Dropdown Customization

The Paragraph Dropdown of CuteEditor by default displays a predefined set of format blocks. 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 FormatBlock element which contains the configuration information for the Paragraph dropdown within CuteEditor. By default, it contains the following format blocks:

You can modify the FormatBlock element to create your own format block list.

Example:

<FormatBlock >

     <item text="[[Normal]]" value="<P>">

               <html><![CDATA[

                             [[Normal]]

                         ]]>
              </html>

     </item>

      <item text="[[Heading 1]]" value="<H1>">

              <html><![CDATA[

                            <b style='font-size:24pt'>[[Heading 1]]</b>

                        ]]>

            </html>

      </item>

      <item text="[[Heading 5]]" value="<H5>">

              <html><![CDATA[

                          <b style='font-size:9pt'>[[Heading 5]]</b>

                       ]]>

             </html>

       </item>

</FormatBlock>

Now the Paragraph dropdown contains only Heading 1, Heading 5 and Normal.

2: Programmatically populate the Paragraph dropdown:

C# Example:

if (!IsPostBack) {
CuteEditor.ToolControl toolctrl=Editor1.ToolControls["FormatBlock"];
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 text and value
dropdown.Items.Add("Normal","<p>");
//add text and value
dropdown.Items.Add("Heading 1","<h1>");
//add html and text and value
dropdown.Items.Add("<b style= 'font-size:9pt'>[[Heading 5]]</b>","Heading5","<h5>");
}
}

VB Example:

If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
  If Not Editor1.ToolControls("FormatBlock") Is Nothing Then
      Dim dropdown As CuteEditor.RichDropDownList
      Dim richitem As CuteEditor.RichListItem
      dropdown = DirectCast(Editor1.ToolControls("FormatBlock").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 text and value
      dropdown.Items.Add("Normal","<p>")
     'add value and value
      dropdown.Items.Add("Heading 1","<h1>")
      'Add html and text and value
      dropdown.Items.Add("<b style='font-size:9pt'>[[Heading 5]]</b>", "Heading 5", "<h5>")
  End If
End If