CMTextStylePicker

iOS view controller tree for presenting a text font/size/colour picker to user.

It is also possible to use the font or colour selectors separately.

A universal (iPhone/iPad) demo app is included with the source.

Screenshots

Usage

CMTextStylePickerViewController is the main class. It is designed to be added to a UINavigationController, either at the root or pushed on to the navigation tree. The UINavigationController would typically be presented as a modal view controller on the iPhone or within a UIPopoverController on the iPad.

Example:

CMTextStylePickerViewController *textStylePickerViewController = [CMTextStylePickerViewController textStylePickerViewController];
textStylePickerViewController.delegate = self;
textStylePickerViewController.selectedTextColour = aTextView.textColor;
textStylePickerViewController.selectedFont = aTextView.font;
if ([aTextView.textColor isEqual:defaultTextColor] && [aTextView.font isEqual:defaultFont]) {
  textStylePickerViewController.defaultSettingsSwitchValue = YES;
}
else {
  textStylePickerViewController.defaultSettingsSwitchValue = NO;
}

UINavigationController *actionsNavigationController = [[[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:textStylePickerViewController] autorelease];

The delegate should implement the CMTextStylePickerViewControllerDelegate protocol.

CMTextStylePickerViewControllerDelegate callback examples:

- (void)textStylePickerViewController:(CMTextStylePickerViewController *)textStylePickerViewController userSelectedFont:(UIFont *)font {
  aTextView.font = font;
}

- (void)textStylePickerViewController:(CMTextStylePickerViewController *)textStylePickerViewController userSelectedTextColor:(UIColor *)textColor {
  aTextView.textColor = textColor;
}

- (void)textStylePickerViewControllerSelectedCustomStyle:(CMTextStylePickerViewController *)textStylePickerViewController {
  // Use custom text style
  aTextView.font = textStylePickerViewController.selectedFont;
  aTextView.textColor = textStylePickerViewController.selectedTextColour;
}

- (void)textStylePickerViewControllerSelectedDefaultStyle:(CMTextStylePickerViewController *)textStylePickerViewController {
  // Use default text style
  aTextView.font = self.defaultFont;
  aTextView.textColor = self.defaultTextColor;
}

- (void)textStylePickerViewController:(CMTextStylePickerViewController *)textStylePickerViewController replaceDefaultStyleWithFont:(UIFont *)font textColor:(UIColor *)textColor {
  self.defaultFont = font;
  self.defaultTextColor = textColor;
}

- (void)textStylePickerViewControllerIsDone:(CMTextStylePickerViewController *)textStylePickerViewController {
  [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}

See the demo application, CMTextStylePickerDemo, for more examples of use. CMTextStylePickerDemo is a universal app and demonstrates the use of CMTextStylePicker on both iPhone and iPad user interfaces.

License

CMTextStylePicker is released under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.

CMTextStylePicker is copyright (c) Chris Miles 2010.