Author Topic: Gotcha: tokens + spell-check-as-you-type (Read 1391 times)

ken · July 06, 2011, 10:03:45 pm

Edit: this issue will affect anyone using CkEditor prior to version 3.4.2, when they use Civi email tokens. (Note that 3.4.2 is the CkEditor version not the CiviCRM version of the same name!)

Sometimes, we find that Email Tokens are not replaced in emails. ~~It's due to our (peculiar) set up, but~~ may effect people who elect to ~~use their CMS' HTML Editor. (We~~ use CkEditor~~, and took a 'roll-your-own' approach, before "use the CMS editor" was made a feature of CiviCRM.)~~

This is not really a CiviCRM issue~~, but it may effect the occasional user of CiviCRM. I'd be interested to know if anyone has had this issue, or whether the feature "use the CMS editor" resolves this problem~~.

This is how it happens ...

Embed a token in the email
The spell-check-as-you-type feature of CkEditor replaces "{contact.first_name}" with "{<span data-scayt_word="contact.first_name" data-scaytid="1">contact.first_name</span>}". (The SPAN is used to format the 'misspelled' word with a red wavy underline.)
Upon hitting "Send" CiviCRM grabs the content including the SPAN element.
The CiviCRM token replacement misses the token

Versions of CkEditor subsequent to 3.4.2 have this fixed to remove the SCAYT SPANs before the HTML is returned to the application

ken · July 07, 2011, 04:19:59 pm

It appears this is a general problem with CkEditor - see http://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/6588

The fix is to upgrade the editor to version 3.4.2 or above.

A workaround is to disable spell-check-as-you-type before sending the email.

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