We are using Drupal 7.8, Drupal WYSIWYG and CKEditor 3.6.1 7072. When viewed in the editor and previewer, paragraphs are doubled spaced, but after saving the content they are single spaced. We prefer to have them shown as doubled spaced. Any thoughts?
Sat, 09/03/2011 - 02:29
#1
Re: Double spacing paragraphs
I'm using CKEditor in a standard PHP environment (not Drupal). With the default install, the CSS file used in the editor is not the same as the one used for the live pages. Is it possible that different CSS styles are being used?
Have you looked at the source code in both places to see if it's the same?
Be Well,
Joe
Re: Double spacing paragraphs
I'm sure there's a forum issue about this, but I'm having the same problem. How do I keep my styles from cascading on top?
I have a reset.css style for my app and it makes the sub and sup tags useless, my tables don't have borders, etc.
Anyone help on this?
Re: Double spacing paragraphs
I worded things poorly.
The editor uses inline styles in the edit view as well as the read view.
But, in edit view, only the CKEditor style sheet is loaded with styles that affect the appearance of the editor toolbar and such. Your site style sheet won't affect the content of the editor because it's in an iFrame.
When you go into read view, the style sheet for your site affects the content which is now displayed as part of the page instead of in the iFrame.
If the site style sheet contains general styles that aren't specific to a class or if the content from the editor is inside a container that is styled, it can affect how the content displays.
You can see the source code of the content you are editing by clicking the source button (upper left on toolbar). You may need to change the toolbar you have selected to see the source button. The "Full" toolbar contains the source button.
Be Well,
Joe
Re: Double spacing paragraphs
In any case, the official CKEditor for Drupal module is available here. We are unable to provide support for CKEditor in different scenarios that are managed by external modules.
Documentation Manager, CKSource
See CKEditor 5 docs, CKEditor 4 docs, CKEditor 3 docs, CKFinder 3 docs, CKFinder 2 docs for help.
Visit the new CKEditor SDK for samples showcasing editor features to try out and download!