---
title: "Format Painter"
description: "Quickly apply formats to multiple pieces of text."
canonical_url: "https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/5/demo-formatpainter/"
md_url: "https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/5/demo-formatpainter/index.md"
version: "5"
last_updated: "2024-04-09T09:35:32Z"
tokens: 459
---
Important This page documents TinyMCE 5. For new projects, Tiny recommends using the latest, most up-to-date version. [See TinyMCE 8 documentation](../../latest/).
# Format Painter

## Interactive example

This example shows how to use Format Painter Format Painter plugin to copy and paste formatting from one location to another. For more information on the Format Painter plugin, see the [docs](../formatpainter/).

**Example**

```js
tinymce.init({
  selector: 'textarea#format-painter',
  plugins: 'formatpainter code',
  toolbar: 'formatpainter code',
  formats: {
    borderstyle: { selector: 'td,th', styles: { borderTopStyle: 'solid', borderRightStyle: 'solid', borderBottomStyle: 'solid', borderLeftStyle: 'solid', }, remove_similar: true },
    bordercolor: { selector: 'td,th', styles: { borderTopColor: '#32CD32', borderRightColor: '#32CD32', borderBottomColor: '#32CD32', borderLeftColor: '#32CD32' }, remove_similar: true },
    backgroundcolor: { selector: 'td,th', styles: { backgroundColor: '#006400' }, remove_similar: true },
    formatpainter_removeformat: [
      { selector: 'b,strong,em,i,font,u,strike,sub,sup,dfn,code,samp,kbd,var,cite,mark,q,del,ins',
        remove: 'all',
        split: true,
        expand: false,
        block_expand: true,
        deep: true
      },
      { selector: 'span',
        attributes: ['style', 'class'],
        remove: 'empty',
        split: true,
        expand: false,
        deep: true
      },
      { selector: '*:not(tr,td,th,table)',
        attributes: ['style', 'class'],
        split: false,
        expand: false,
        deep: true
      }
    ]
  },
  height: 500,
  content_style: 'body { font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px }'
});
```