How to Handle Custom Toolbar in Xamarin.Forms SfRichTextEditor?
How to handle the Custom Toolbar in the SfRichTextEditor
Thise article explains how to handle the Customer Toolbar in Xamarin.Forms Rich Text Editor.
Step 1:
Create a SfRichTextEditor sample with all the necessary assemblies. Refer to this Getting started documentation to create and configure a simple SfRichTextEditor sample and configure i.t.
Step 2:
Use the Custom Toolbar to track the Toolbars items in the SfRichTextEditor.
XAML:
<rte:SfRichTextEditor VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand" PlaceHolder="Type something" x:Name="richTextEditor"/> |
C#:
SfRichTextEditor richTextEditor = new SfRichTextEditor(); richTextEditor.PlaceHolder = "Type something"; ObservableCollection<object> collection = new ObservableCollection<object>(); collection.Add(ToolbarOptions.Bold); collection.Add(ToolbarOptions.Italic); collection.Add(ToolbarOptions.Underline); collection.Add(ToolbarOptions.NumberList); collection.Add(ToolbarOptions.BulletList);
Button emojiButton = new Button(); emojiButton.BackgroundColor = Color.Transparent; emojiButton.HeightRequest = 50; emojiButton.WidthRequest = 50; emojiButton.Text = "\U0001F642"; collection.Add(emojiButton); emojiButton.Clicked += EmojiButton_Clicked; richTextEditor.ToolbarItems = collection; this.Content = richTextEditor;
private void EmojiButton_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e) { richTextEditor.InsertHTMLText("😊"); } |
Remove an item from the custom toolbar collection:
C#:
SfRichTextEditor richTextEditor = new SfRichTextEditor(); richTextEditor.PlaceHolder = "Type something"; ObservableCollection<object> collection = new ObservableCollection<object>(); collection.Add(ToolbarOptions.Bold); collection.Add(ToolbarOptions.Italic); collection.Add(ToolbarOptions.Underline); collection.Add(ToolbarOptions.NumberList); collection.Add(ToolbarOptions.BulletList);
Button emojiButton = new Button(); emojiButton.BackgroundColor = Color.Transparent; emojiButton.HeightRequest = 50; emojiButton.WidthRequest = 50; emojiButton.Text = "\U0001F642"; collection.Add(emojiButton); emojiButton.Clicked += EmojiButton_Clicked; richTextEditor.ToolbarItems = collection; this.Content = richTextEditor;
//Remove an item from the custom toolbar collection Collection.RemoveAt(0); Collection.Remove(emojiButton);
private void EmojiButton_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e) { richTextEditor.InsertHTMLText("😊"); } |
The sample that explains how to track the font changes using the Custom Toolbar in the Rich Text Editor can be downloaded sample here.
Conclusion
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