Add New Text Format to Sitefinity Paragraph List

sitefinity | 2021-12-20

Add new text formats to the existing paragraph format list in Sitefinity's text editor.

📌 Expected Result

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🔐 Text Editor Setting

1. Access Text Editor Settings

Go to: /Sitefinity/Administration/Settings/Basic/TextEditor

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2. Add New Paragraph Format

Find the /root section and add the following XML before the end tag:

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Base (Original) Paragraphs

<paragraphs>
    <paragraph name="Normal" value="&lt;p&gt;" />
    <paragraph name="&lt;H1&gt;Heading 2&lt;/H1&gt;" value="&lt;H1&gt;" />
    <paragraph name="&lt;H2&gt;Heading 2&lt;/H2&gt;" value="&lt;H2&gt;" />
    <paragraph name="&lt;H3&gt;Heading 3&lt;/H3&gt;" value="&lt;H3&gt;" />
    <paragraph name="&lt;H4&gt;Heading 5&lt;/H4&gt;" value="&lt;H4&gt;" />
    <paragraph name="&lt;H5&gt;Heading 6&lt;/H5&gt;" value="&lt;H5&gt;" />
    <paragraph name="&lt;H6&gt;Heading 7&lt;/H6&gt;" value="&lt;H6&gt;" />
    <paragraph name="&lt;dir&gt;Directory List&lt;/dir&gt;" value="&lt;dir&gt;"/>
    <paragraph name="&lt;menu&gt;Menu List&lt;/menu&gt;" value="&lt;menu&gt;"/>
    <paragraph name="&lt;pre&gt;Formatted&lt;/pre&gt;" value="&lt;pre&gt;"/>
    <paragraph name="&lt;address&gt;Address&lt;/address&gt;" value="&lt;address&gt;"/>
</paragraphs>

Added new paragraph

<paragraphs>
    <paragraph name="Normal" value="&lt;p&gt;" />
    <paragraph name="&lt;H1&gt;Heading 2&lt;/H1&gt;" value="&lt;H1&gt;" />
    <paragraph name="&lt;H2&gt;Heading 2&lt;/H2&gt;" value="&lt;H2&gt;" />
    <paragraph name="&lt;H3&gt;Heading 3&lt;/H3&gt;" value="&lt;H3&gt;" />
    <paragraph name="&lt;H4&gt;Heading 5&lt;/H4&gt;" value="&lt;H4&gt;" />
    <paragraph name="&lt;H5&gt;Heading 6&lt;/H5&gt;" value="&lt;H5&gt;" />
    <paragraph name="&lt;H6&gt;Heading 7&lt;/H6&gt;" value="&lt;H6&gt;" />
    <paragraph name="&lt;dir&gt;Directory List&lt;/dir&gt;" value="&lt;dir&gt;"/>
    <paragraph name="&lt;menu&gt;Menu List&lt;/menu&gt;" value="&lt;menu&gt;"/>
    <paragraph name="&lt;pre&gt;Formatted&lt;/pre&gt;" value="&lt;pre&gt;"/>
    <paragraph name="&lt;address&gt;Address&lt;/address&gt;" value="&lt;address&gt;"/>
    <paragraph name="Form Label (Required)" value="&lt;label class=&quot;col-form-label required&quot;&gt;"/>
    <paragraph name="Form Label" value="&lt;label class=&quot;col-form-label&quot;&gt;"/>
    <paragraph name="Purple Button" value="&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;btn btn-primary&quot; type=&quot;submit&quot;&gt;"/>
</paragraphs>

3. Final Result

After saving and restarting, you will see the new paragraph formats available in the text editor.

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📚 References

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