Check out this upcoming dropdown menu feature of the ASPxHtmlEditor in the DXperience 2010 vol 2 release:
You will be able to define custom dropdown menus and their items by extending the toolbars of the ASPxHtmlEditor.
Here’s the source code that defines the dropdown menu and it’s items:
<dx:ASPxHtmlEditor ID="DemoHtmlEditor" runat="server" Height="300px" ClientInstanceName="HtmlEditor">
<ClientSideEvents CustomCommand="OnCommandExecute" />
<Toolbars>
<dx:HtmlEditorToolbar>
<Items>
<dx:ToolbarUndoButton>
</dx:ToolbarUndoButton>
<dx:ToolbarRedoButton>
</dx:ToolbarRedoButton>
<dx:ToolbarJustifyLeftButton BeginGroup="True">
</dx:ToolbarJustifyLeftButton>
<dx:ToolbarJustifyCenterButton>
</dx:ToolbarJustifyCenterButton>
<dx:ToolbarJustifyRightButton>
</dx:ToolbarJustifyRightButton>
<dx:ToolbarJustifyFullButton>
</dx:ToolbarJustifyFullButton>
<dx:ToolbarDropDownMenu BeginGroup="true" CommandName="InsertDateTime" ToolTip="Insert Date and Time">
<Image Url="~/Content/Demo/date-icon.png" Height="16px" Width="16px">
</Image>
<Items>
<dx:ToolbarMenuItem Text="MM/dd/yyyy" Value="%m/%d/%y">
</dx:ToolbarMenuItem>
<dx:ToolbarMenuItem Text="yyyy-MM-dd" Value="%y-%m-%d">
</dx:ToolbarMenuItem>
<dx:ToolbarMenuItem Text="Month dd, yyyy" Value="%mf %d, %y">
</dx:ToolbarMenuItem>
<dx:ToolbarMenuItem Text="Day of Week, Month dd, yyyy" Value="%df, %mf %d, %y">
</dx:ToolbarMenuItem>
<dx:ToolbarMenuItem Text="h:mm AM" Value="%h:%M %p" BeginGroup="true">
</dx:ToolbarMenuItem>
<dx:ToolbarMenuItem Text="h:mm:ss AM" Value="%h:%M:%s %p">
</dx:ToolbarMenuItem>
<dx:ToolbarMenuItem Text="MM/dd/yyyy h:mm AM" Value="%m/%d/%y %h:%M %p" BeginGroup="true">
</dx:ToolbarMenuItem>
<dx:ToolbarMenuItem Text="yyyy-MM-dd h:mm:ss AM" Value="%y-%m-%d %h:%M:%s %p">
</dx:ToolbarMenuItem>
</Items>
</dx:ToolbarDropDownMenu>
</Items>
</dx:HtmlEditorToolbar>
</Toolbars>
</dx:ASPxHtmlEditor>
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