Use Themes

RadEditor can be configured to use ASP.NET 2.0 Themes in the same manner as ordinary asp.net controls. A theme can be shared among multiple editors to make group configuration extremely easy. This ensures that configuration of all editors is done from a single location.To use themes with RadEditor:

1. From the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | Add ASP.NET Folder | App_Themes from the context menu.

2. Right-click the App_Themes folder and select Add | New Item from the context menu. Select the Skin File item type.

3. 

4. Open the skin file and add the RadEditor page directive and declaration. Set the RadEditor SkinId property to a unique name. In the example below, SkinId is declared as "SettingProperties".

   ASP.NET

   <%@ register tagprefix="telerik" namespace="Telerik.Web.UI" assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" %>
   <telerik:radeditor runat="server" SkinId="SettingProperties" Width="500" Height="500">
       <content>       
           <b>Setting inline properties</b> 
       </content>
   </telerik:radeditor>
   

5. In the ASPX/ASCX where the skin will be used, set the Theme in the page declaration. In the example below, the Theme is declared as "Theme1" to match the contents of App_Themes.

   ASP.NET

   <%@ page language="C#" autoeventwireup="true" codebehind="Default.aspx.cs" theme="Theme1"
       inherits="prometheusRadEditor001._Default" %>
   

6. In the RadEditor declaration, set the SkinId property to match the skin file created earlier. In the example below, SkinID is set to "SettingProperties" to match the SkinId declared in the skin file earlier.

   ASP.NET

   <telerik:RadEditor RenderMode="Lightweight" ID="RadEditor1" SkinID="SettingProperties" runat="server">
   </telerik:RadEditor>
   

The controls form the Telerik® UI for ASP.NET AJAX suite in general and the editor control in specific, have both a Skin and SkinID Properties. SkinID refers to the general theming mechanism introduced in ASP.NET 2.0 and applies to standard ASP.NET controls, such as asp:Button. The Skin property refers to the Telerik® UI for ASP.NET AJAX - specific theming mechanism and allows you to set a number of CSS styles to a Telerik control at one time.

More information on how to use ASP.NET 2.x Themes is available in MSDN.