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New mailing - this page has it's own way of getting a HTML editor [ANSWERED]
March 05, 2015, 04:09:19 pm
The New Mailing screen should obtain its CkEditor using templates/CRM/common/wysiwyg.tpl (like other screens such as New Event).

Background: I tweaked templates/CRM/common/wysiwyg.tpl so it gets the CkEditor JS from the Drupal module and library. I do this to ensure my users have a consistent experience in HTML editing across Drupal and CiviCRM.

The New Mailing screen must obtain its CkEditor via another means, because I get the CiviCRM-packaged version of CkEditor. (On New Event, by contrast, I get the one packaged with Drupal.
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Re: New mailing - 4.6.beta1 - this page has it's own way of getting a HTML editor
March 05, 2015, 05:48:33 pm
Sorry, it's a known issue and not slated to be fixed in this release cycle.

Out of curiosity, why are you overriding the tpl instead of using the setting from Admin -> Customize Data & Screens -> Display Preferences -> Use Drupal Editor
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Re: New mailing - this page has it's own way of getting a HTML editor [ANSWERED]
March 06, 2015, 07:40:54 pm
Coleman,

I don't get that option. Under "WYSIWYG editor" I have the choice of Textarea, TinyMCE and CKEditor.

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Re: New mailing - this page has it's own way of getting a HTML editor [ANSWERED]
March 07, 2015, 08:00:43 am
I think it only appears if you have the drupal wysiwyg module installed.
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Re: New mailing - this page has it's own way of getting a HTML editor [ANSWERED]
March 18, 2015, 08:47:57 am
FYI - I spent 20 minutes searching for that option and duh it was under Display Options.  I would have expected under system and other CMS options...

Also, I rarely use the Drupal WYSIWYG option as it has lead to site problems and limitations so @ken, if you are happy with it, you may want to consider adding to docs or posting what you did for others:)

Trying to educate end users on WYSISYG is hard enough without having different interfaces ....

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Re: New mailing - this page has it's own way of getting a HTML editor [ANSWERED]
March 18, 2015, 11:05:58 am
There has been talk amongst the core team of removing that option entirely. Mixing the Drupaly wysiwyg module in with CiviCRM creates no end of problems, and based on forum feedback hardly anyone seems to be using that option.
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Re: New mailing - this page has it's own way of getting a HTML editor [ANSWERED]
March 18, 2015, 11:33:42 am
I can definitely understand that, but having a consistent widget + filebrowser is pretty important for end-users.

Perhaps it is a matter of documenting or changing how /where to maintain a custom ckeditor configuration and then let the admin ensure it is consistent with CMS.  Right now the package (older version than I would like) is in ./packages/ckeditor.  Is there an elegant way to provide an alternate location or configuration?

... Just a thought.

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Re: New mailing - this page has it's own way of getting a HTML editor [ANSWERED]
March 18, 2015, 11:36:18 am
Last time Tim and I discussed this we thought creating an abstract interface for pluggable wysiwyg editors was a fairly solid idea. So CiviCRM core would ship with just one editor (the latest version of CK) and extensions could provide others.
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