Text is a built-in tool so users can add text to their designs. This tool is supported for both display modes: emails and web pages.

Enable / Disable

Text tool is enabled by default but you can choose to disable it.

unlayer.init({
  tools: {
    text: {
      enabled: false
    }
  }
});

Default Values

Text tool comes with the following default values. You can choose to change any of these.

PropertyDefault Value
text<p style="line-height: 140%;">This is a new Text block. Change the text.</p>
textAlignleft
fontSize16px
color#000000
lineHeight140%
containerPadding10px

Here are a few examples on how to change these default values.

Default Text

unlayer.init({
  tools: {
    text: {
      properties: {
        text: {
          value: '<p style="line-height: 140%;">This is a new Text block. Change the text.</p>'
        }
      }
    }
  }
});

Font Size

unlayer.init({
  tools: {
    text: {
      properties: {
        fontSize: {
          value: '16px'
        }
      }
    }
  }
});

Alignment

unlayer.init({
  tools: {
    text: {
      properties: {
        textAlign: {
          value: 'right'
        }
      }
    }
  }
});

Color

unlayer.init({
  tools: {
    text: {
      properties: {
        color: {
          value: '#000000'
        }
      }
    }
  }
});

Line Height

unlayer.init({
  tools: {
    text: {
      properties: {
        lineHeight: {
          value: '140%'
        }
      }
    }
  }
});

Container Padding

unlayer.init({
  tools: {
    text: {
      properties: {
        containerPadding: {
          value: "10px"
        }
      }
    }
  }
});