Custom formats example

This example show you how to override the built in formats and add a few custom ones to the styles menu.

HTML source

Below is all you need to setup the example.

<script type="text/javascript" src="<your installation path>/tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
tinyMCE.init({
	// General options
	mode : "textareas",
	theme : "advanced",
	plugins : "table,inlinepopups",

	// Theme options
	theme_advanced_buttons1 : "bold,italic,underline,strikethrough,|,justifyleft,justifycenter,justifyright,justifyfull,|,styleselect,formatselect,|,table,removeformat,code",
	theme_advanced_buttons2 : "",
	theme_advanced_buttons3 : "",
	theme_advanced_buttons4 : "",
	theme_advanced_toolbar_location : "top",
	theme_advanced_toolbar_align : "left",
	theme_advanced_statusbar_location : "bottom",
	theme_advanced_resizing : true,

	// Example content CSS (should be your site CSS)
	content_css : "/js/tinymce/examples/css/content.css",

	// Style formats
	style_formats : [
		{title : 'Bold text', inline : 'b'},
		{title : 'Red text', inline : 'span', styles : {color : '#ff0000'}},
		{title : 'Red header', block : 'h1', styles : {color : '#ff0000'}},
		{title : 'Example 1', inline : 'span', classes : 'example1'},
		{title : 'Example 2', inline : 'span', classes : 'example2'},
		{title : 'Table styles'},
		{title : 'Table row 1', selector : 'tr', classes : 'tablerow1'}
	],

	formats : {
		alignleft : {selector : 'p,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,td,th,div,ul,ol,li,table,img', classes : 'left'},
		aligncenter : {selector : 'p,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,td,th,div,ul,ol,li,table,img', classes : 'center'},
		alignright : {selector : 'p,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,td,th,div,ul,ol,li,table,img', classes : 'right'},
		alignfull : {selector : 'p,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,td,th,div,ul,ol,li,table,img', classes : 'full'},
		bold : {inline : 'span', 'classes' : 'bold'},
		italic : {inline : 'span', 'classes' : 'italic'},
		underline : {inline : 'span', 'classes' : 'underline', exact : true},
		strikethrough : {inline : 'del'},
		customformat : {inline : 'span', styles : {color : '#00ff00', fontSize : '20px'}, attributes : {title : 'My custom format'}}
	}
});
</script>

<form method="post" action="somepage">
	<textarea name="content" style="width:100%">
	</textarea>
</form>
<div>
	<a href="#" onclick="tinymce.activeEditor.formatter.apply('customformat');return false;">[Apply custom format]</a>
	<a href="#" onclick="tinymce.activeEditor.formatter.remove('customformat');return false;">[Remove custom format]</a>
</div>