/moodle-filter_fontawesome

A Moodle filter plugin to use fontawesome icons in the Moodle text editor

Primary LanguagePHP

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Introduction

This filter allows you to use fontawesome icons in the Moodle text editor without worrying about having your div's stripped out by the Moodle Atto/TinyMCE HTML cleaner.

This plugin supports the legacy FontAwesome 4 icon set and the newer version 5.

Furthermore it's important to know, that this plugin doesn't supply the newer free FontAwesome 5 icon set. This is the responsibility of Moodle or your theme developer. So it can be, that not all FA icons will be displayed, for more information consult these links:

Requirements

Your site/theme must have FontAwesome embedded already. This filter does not provide the font.

  • Moodle 3.3 upwards

Installation

Install the plugin like any other plugin to folder filter/fontawesome

Use git to install this plugin:

cd /var/www/html/moodle
git clone https://github.com/ffhs/moodle-filter_fontawesome.git filter/fontawesome

Then complete upgrade over CLI:

sudo -u apache /usr/bin/php admin/cli/upgrade.php

or GUI.

See MoodleDocs for details on installing Moodle plugins

Configuration

First, activate the filter_tabs plugin in Site Administration -> Plugins -> Filters -> Manage filters

Additional

filter_fontawesome has a settings page to allow you to limit the filter to only certain text-box formats.

Usage

To create FontAwesome icons in text fields, use the following syntax: [fa-*] where * is the name of the icon you wish to display.

First you will need to find the icon you wish to use. This list provides a full overview.

Some examples and guide to start:

  • Anywhere you wish to add an icon just surround it with square brackets and type in the icon name. e.g.: [fa-camera-retro]
  • If the icon name is a brand, please add fab at the beginning of the square brackets.
  • If you wish to make the icon larger you can use a multiplier. e.g.: [fa-camera-retro fa-2x] or [fa-camera-retro fa-4x]
  • If you wish to rotate the icon you can specify how many degrees clockwise. e.g.: [fa-camera-retro fa-rotate-90]
  • You can also flip an icon horizontally or vertically. e.g.: [fa-camera-retro fa-flip-horizontal] or [fa-camera-retro fa-flip-vertical]
  • You can mute the colour to a dull grey. e.g.: [fa-camera-retro fa-muted]
  • You can "pull" the icon to the left or right. If it is "pulled" to the left text will wrap to the right. e.g.: [fa-camera-retro pull-left]
  • All the settings above can be mixed and matched e.g.: [fa-quote-left fa-4x pull-left fa-muted]
  • If some text parts should not be replaced, use <nolink> or <span class="nolink"> e.g.: [fa-world] <span class="nolink">[fa-world]</span>

Further information

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