Style Appearance Customization in JavaScript Rich text editor control

18 Nov 20183 minutes to read

The content below outlines the CSS structure you can use to customize the appearance of the control according to your preferences.

Styling the placeholder text

Use the following CSS to customize the default color in the Rich Text Editor’s placeholder.

.e-richtexteditor .e-rte-placeholder {
    color: blue;
    font-family: monospace;
}

Styling the editor content area

Use the following CSS to modify the default style of the Rich Text Editor’s content area, including font properties, background, and text color.

/* To change font family and font size */
.e-richtexteditor .e-rte-content .e-content,
.e-richtexteditor .e-source-content .e-content {
    font-size: 20px;
    font-family: Segoe ui;
}

/* To change font color and content background */
.e-richtexteditor .e-rte-content,
.e-richtexteditor .e-source-content {
    background: seashell;
    color: blue;
}

Customizing the toolbar appearance

Use the following CSS to customize the default color in the Rich Text Editor’s toolbar icon.

/* To change font color for toolbar icon */
.e-richtexteditor .e-rte-toolbar .e-toolbar-item .e-icons,
.e-richtexteditor .e-rte-toolbar .e-toolbar-item .e-icons:active {
    color: red;
}

/* To change font color for toolbar button */
.e-toolbar .e-tbar-btn,
.e-toolbar .e-tbar-btn:active,
.e-toolbar .e-tbar-btn:hover {
    color: red;
}

/* To change font color for toolbar button in active state*/
.e-richtexteditor .e-rte-toolbar .e-toolbar-item .e-dropdown-btn.e-active .e-icons, .e-richtexteditor .e-rte-toolbar .e-toolbar-item .e-dropdown-btn.e-active .e-rte-dropdown-btn-text {
    color: red;
}

/* To change font color for expanded toolbar items */
.e-richtexteditor .e-rte-toolbar .e-toolbar-extended .e-toolbar-item .e-tbar-btn .e-icons,
.e-toolbar.e-extended-toolbar .e-toolbar-extended .e-toolbar-item .e-tbar-btn {
    color: red;
}

Styling the character count display

Use the following CSS to customize the default color in the Rich Text Editor’s character count.

/* To change font color, font family, font size and opacity  */
.e-richtexteditor .e-rte-character-count {
    color: red;
    font-family: segoe ui;
    font-size: 18px;
    opacity: 00.54;
    padding-bottom: 2px;
    padding-right: 14px;
}

Modifying the editor container border

Use the following CSS to customize the border color in the Rich Text Editor’s container.

.e-richtexteditor .e-rte-container{
    border: 2px solid #454bc1;
    border-radius: 4px;
}

Highlighting specific text programmatically

Programmatically highlight a portion of the text in the editor by setting the background color. This can be achieved by applying a background style to the selected text using the Rich Text Editor’s executeCommand method.

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