[TYPO3-english] Inline CSS in RTE?

[La Farge Douglas]

Jacob,

Here's what I've found so far.  This is from the manual.swx.


FAQ: How do I configure the editor to use my CSS styles?

In htmlArea RTE, the following style sheets apply to the contents of  
the editing area and are linked in the following order:

1.the htmlarea-edited-content.css file from the skin in use; it  
contains selectors for use in the editor, but not intended to be  
applied in the frontend;

2.a css file generated from the mainStyleOverride and inlineStyle  
assignments in Page TSConfig;

3.the css file specified by property contentCSS in Page TSConfig: you  
may define the styles you want to use in an external CSS file and  
assign the file name to this property.

An additional Page TSConfig property is recognized by htmlArea RTE:  
ignoreMainStyleOverride. If set, htmlArea will ignore the  
mainStyleOverride and inlineStyle sets of assignments and will use  
only files 1 and 3 mentioned above. This allows the Classic RTE to  
apply the css definitions defined in Page TSConfig and the htmlArea  
RTE to use the external css file (presumably containing the same or  
similar css definitions).


FAQ: Why does the text style selection list remain empty?

This selection list should display the classes specified by  
RTE.default.classesCharacter. The specified classes must be defined in  
the CSS style sheet contained in the file specified by  
RTE.default.contentCSS. If RTE.default.classesCharacter is empty,  
classes associated with the span tag are used. Classes not associated  
with any tag in the contentCSS style sheet will be displayed only if  
RTE.default.showTagFreeClasses = 1


Both of the German how-tos looks really good but once translated loses  
some value.  After reviewing it i'm not finding the direction I need  
to configure this the way I'd like.  Sadly, this can't be that  
difficult yet it's proving to be.

Here's what I'm guessing we need to do.  Somewhere, somehow we tell  
the RTE config, possibly through typoscript, the CSS classes we'd like  
in the Text: menu.  Once those are there it's easy.  You simply add  
those styles a CSS file configured contentCSS and they will be applied  
on the front end.

The trick remains getting them into the Text: menu.  Maybe a couple  
more hours of beating my head against a wall will do the trick


On Sep 2, 2009, at 12:29 PM, Jacob Guldberg wrote:

> Ill be listening on this as well.. thanks
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> Douglas
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> Emne: [TYPO3-english] Inline CSS in RTE?
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for the documentation on how to set up the "Text:" menu
> that appears at the top of the RTE in Text containers, or tt_news
> Text: area.
>
> I noticed by default these styles are set up in that Text: menu:
> Detail
> Important
> Name of Person
>
> However, since i have not yet defined them in my CSS files they don't
> output format.  I'd like additional styles to be added.
>
> I'm running 4.2.8 which has rtehtmlarea 1.7.11 (a system extension)
> which i'm assuming is what produces the RTE functionality that appears
> in the Text: areas.
>
> searching typo3.org or google didn't net the results I'm looking for.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Doug
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