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VagnerPe
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October 29, 2025
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Ricth TExt with color picker in Universal Editor

  • October 29, 2025
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Hello team, I'm working on an EDS (blocks) based project.

In my project, we need to include a color selection plugin that the content author can use when creating the text component (RTE).

How can I implement this functionality and include it in the RTE toolbar?

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ManviSharma
ManviSharma
Employee
October 30, 2025

Hello @vagnerpe ,

 

1. AEM RTE by default does not allow inline color styling (for accessibility reasons)instead, you can use the Styles plugin to provide a set of predefined CSS classes for coloring text.

  • Authors can select styles from a dropdown, which applies a class (not direct inline color).
  • You define these styles in your component and reference a stylesheet that contains color styles.

Configuration reference:

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-cloud-service/content/implementing/configuring-and-extending/configure-rich-text-editor-plug-ins

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-65/content/sites/administering/operations/configure-rich-text-editor-plug-ins

OR
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You can add custom buttons or plugins to the RTE toolbar by leveraging the extension points provided for the RTE, such as getCustomButtons(). This involves developing a custom JavaScript plugin and wiring it to the toolbar configuration.

  • Example guide: "Add custom button to Rich Text Editor (RTE) toolbar"


Reference:
https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-learn/cloud-service/developing/extensibility/ui/content-fragments/examples/editor-rte-toolbar

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    VagnerPeAuthor
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    October 31, 2025

    @giuseppebaglio  and @manvisharma 

    Thank you for getting back to me. I tried applying the settings you mentioned, but unfortunately, it didn’t work. My goal is to enable a color picker in the RTE to change the color of text or specific words. However, I’m not using a Content Fragment — I’m only working with the Universal Editor, and from what I understand, the reference links don’t really apply in this case.

     

    giuseppebaglio
    giuseppebaglio
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    October 29, 2025

    hi @vagnerpe, 
    I assume you need a color picker to use with Universal Editor. If that's the case, you can configure the Rich Text Editor (RTE) to include a color picker by following the instructions in this guide, which explains how to enable an extension to set up predefined lists of colors for the color picker feature.

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