Add a custom font family dropdown in the JavaScript Spreadsheet.

This article explains how to add a custom font family dropdown in the JavaScript Spreadsheet Toolbar. To achieve this requirement, use the hideToolbarItems and addToolbarItems methods to hide and add the custom font family dropdown in the created event. Apply the selected font family using the cellFormat method in the dropdown select event.

[HTML]

<div id="spreadsheet"></div> 

[TS]

import { createElement, getComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import {
 CellModel,
 FontFamily,
 getCell,
 getCellIndexes,
 Spreadsheet,
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-spreadsheet';
import { DropDownButton } from '@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons';
import { MenuEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-navigations';

function appendDropdownBtn(id: string): HTMLButtonElement {
 let btnObj: DropDownButton = new DropDownButton({
   //Initializing the custom dropdown button
   items: [
     { text: 'Arial' },
     { text: 'Arial Black' },
     { text: 'Book Antiqua' },
     { text: 'Calibri' },
     { text: 'Courier' },
     { text: 'Din Condensed' },
     { text: 'Times New Roman' },
     { text: 'Verdana' },
     { text: 'Monaco' },
     { text: 'Garamond' },
   ],
   content: 'Calibri',
   createPopupOnClick: true,
   select: (args: MenuEventArgs) => {
     let cell: string = spreadsheet.getActiveSheet().activeCell;
     btnObj.content = args.item.text;
     spreadsheet.cellFormat(
       { fontFamily: args.item.text as FontFamily },
       cell
     ); //Update the cell style using cellFormat method.
   },
 });
 btnObj.appendTo(createElement('button', { id: id }));
 return btnObj.element;
}

let spreadsheet: Spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet({
 sheets: [
   {
     ranges: [{ dataSource: [{ Item: 'Bike', Colour: 'Black' }] }],
   },
 ],
 created: (): void => {
   spreadsheet.cellFormat(
     { textAlign: 'center', fontWeight: 'bold' },
     'A1:B1'
   );
   spreadsheet.hideToolbarItems('Home', [9]); //Hide the existing the toolbar item using hideToolbarItems method.
   spreadsheet.addToolbarItems(
     //Add the custom toolbar item using addToolbarItems method.
     'Home',
     [
       { type: 'Separator' },
       {
         id: 'fontStyle',
         tooltipText: 'Custom Font Style',
         template: appendDropdownBtn('fontStyle'),
       },
     ],
     9
   );
 },
 select: (args: { range: string }): void => {
   //Change the content of dropdown button on changing the cells using select event
   let dropDown: DropDownButton = getComponent(
     spreadsheet.element.querySelector('#fontStyle') as HTMLElement,
     'dropdown-btn'
   );
   let cellIndexs: number[] = getCellIndexes(args.range);
   let cell: CellModel = getCell(
     cellIndexs[0],
     cellIndexs[1],
     spreadsheet.getActiveSheet()
   );
   if (cell && cell.style && cell.style.fontFamily) {
     dropDown.content = cell.style.fontFamily;
   } else {
     dropDown.content = 'Calibri';
   }
 },
});

spreadsheet.appendTo('#spreadsheet');

Sample Link:

Refer to the working sample for additional details and implementation: Sample

Output:

Documentation link:

https://ej2.syncfusion.com/documentation/spreadsheet/ribbon

https://ej2.syncfusion.com/documentation/drop-down-button/getting-started

Conclusion

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