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Sun, 08/23/2009 - 23:02

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

In order to avoid some questions I would like to list here some features of FCKeditor 2.x that still aren't available in CKEditor 3.0 (based on http://dev.fckeditor.net/wiki/v3_status):

Server side integration:
You can use for the moment the javascript integration, putting your data in a textarea. This is linked to Html encode output (for asp.net)
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/2872

File browser:
The hooks are ready if you want to use your own file manager (for example you can use a prerelease of CKFinder). A file manager like the one available previously will be available later.
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/2873

Full Page:
For the moment you can't edit a full page (from <html> to </html>). Obviously the Document Properties doesn't work also.
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4067

Div Container:
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/2885

Toolbar location Out & Shared toolbar:
For the moment each editor has its own toolbar attached to it.
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4228

Use default browser's context menu:
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4343

Email protection:
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4340

Detect paste from word:
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/1427

Show table borders:
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4341

Base Href:
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/3401

Body Id and Class:
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4342

Wed, 09/02/2009 - 18:25

obceneikon

Joined: 02/09/2009

Posts: 6

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

Can you make this a sticky?

Wed, 09/02/2009 - 19:11

baskettcase

Joined: 27/08/2009

Posts: 10

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

Yes making this a sticky would probably cut down on the times that you need to direct us to this thread

Sun, 09/06/2009 - 03:33

marci

Joined: 09/05/2009

Posts: 33

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

Hoping for official Server side integration support (asp.net) soon..
- I think it would be really bad for the editor, if you decide to drop the Server Side Support, since I guess there are alot who uses it

Sun, 09/06/2009 - 10:26

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

marci wrote:Hoping for official Server side integration support (asp.net) soon..
- I think it would be really bad for the editor, if you decide to drop the Server Side Support, since I guess there are alot who uses it

Sun, 09/13/2009 - 15:24

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

This is a list of some bugs related to functionality that existed in 2.x:

Missing Merge cells command
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/3930

Templates: not backward compatible
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/3588

Styles: not backward compatible
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/3589

IE: editor is activated only by clicking in the first line.
You can workaround it by changing the doctype (this problem also existed in 2.x, but there the default was a quirks doctype)
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/1659

IE: using backspace to delete images or other objects navigates the page back in history
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4047

Context menus are truncated sometimes
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/3494

Allow several css files for the content
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4194

Missing list properties dialog
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4358

Color selector for cell properties dialog
Fixed in the current nightly
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/3727

Contents of anchor isn't visible
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/3582

Sun, 09/13/2009 - 15:46

gytha_ogg

Joined: 15/04/2009

Posts: 31

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

A bug :

Source code shows a blank line and an indentation :

A request :

A character counter with maxlength, please !

Sun, 09/13/2009 - 19:06

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

Gytha_Ogg wrote:A bug :

Source code shows a blank line and an indentation :

Sun, 09/13/2009 - 19:19

gytha_ogg

Joined: 15/04/2009

Posts: 31

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

alfonsoml wrote:No, that's just a preference.

Sun, 09/13/2009 - 19:45

#10

macadames_levrai

Joined: 13/09/2009

Posts: 1

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

Hi,

Here is an important missing feature when using ckeditor in complex CMS.

With ckeditor 3.0, we can set one and only one stylesheet to contentArea in ckeditor config. We need multiple stylesheet support as done in fckeditor 2.6

config.contentsCss = ['http://mysite/base.css', 'http://mysite/private.css', 'http://mysite/myskin.css', 'http://myxmlparserserver/main.css'] ;

Best regards

Jean-mat

Sun, 09/13/2009 - 20:31

#11

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

macadames_levrai wrote:Hi,

Here is an important missing feature when using ckeditor in complex CMS.

With ckeditor 3.0, we can set one and only one stylesheet to contentArea in ckeditor config. We need multiple stylesheet support as done in fckeditor 2.6

config.contentsCss = ['http://mysite/base.css', 'http://mysite/private.css', 'http://mysite/myskin.css', 'http://myxmlparserserver/main.css'] ;

Best regards

Jean-mat

Fri, 09/18/2009 - 18:40

#12

poeticvenom

Joined: 18/09/2009

Posts: 3

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

Hi,

Another missing feature is being able to integrate the other SpellCheckers (other than SpellChecker.Net).

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Fri, 09/18/2009 - 19:26

#13

lazer

Joined: 18/09/2009

Posts: 2

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

hi , another missing feature is directionality function.

there is an option in the Office for writting easily in RTL languages like Persian Language.
i already used tinymce and it had such a feature.

there must be 2 more bottons in the full features package for RTL and LTR functions...
and the code is ready in tiny, but i dont know how to add that to this editor.
sorry for comparing these 2 editors ... but any way this is a lack in this editor.

thanks in advanced...

Fri, 09/18/2009 - 20:41

#14

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

LAZer wrote:hi , another missing feature is directionality function.

there is an option in the Office for writting easily in RTL languages like Persian Language.
i already used tinymce and it had such a feature.

there must be 2 more bottons in the full features package for RTL and LTR functions...
and the code is ready in tiny, but i dont know how to add that to this editor.
sorry for comparing these 2 editors ... but any way this is a lack in this editor.

thanks in advanced...

Fri, 09/18/2009 - 21:55

#15

lazer

Joined: 18/09/2009

Posts: 2

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

hi , i`m new here , i have searched but i found nothing specific about activating this so i thought i should ask for.
thanks for your fast reply .

i have found a plugin somewhere from google for rtl . for FCK
http://www.dnastudio.co.il/User_Data/Fi ... xtFlow.zip

but i dont know how to activate it , i cannot find the config file from which i can activate a new plugin.
( i am still using ckeditor from the test directory in the package )
and i can see active buttons on my local using this file skin.html
i have found a config file in the source dir --> core\config.js
but the buttons didnt come from there . i have deleted all the source and core directories for testing where it comes from but still it brings the buttons like before !
any way thank u , i will continue to become familiar with ck , and this way i think i should continue using tinymce :cry:

Fri, 10/02/2009 - 19:08

#16

tazir

Joined: 02/10/2009

Posts: 1

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

alfonsoml
I'm new here + RTL native.
Could you post again your plugin.

Fri, 10/02/2009 - 19:33

#17

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

here it is: BiDi plugin for FCKeditor 2.4 (or something like that, I don't remember what was the current version 3 years ago) http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=de ... tid=737639

If it doesn't work for you don't be surprised. You'll need to use the version of FCKeditor available at that time.

Thu, 10/08/2009 - 02:18

#18

dinu

Joined: 02/10/2007

Posts: 6

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

Personally, I never used RTL for anything; it would be a nice feature to have, but I can feel your frustration for not finding testers; I can't help but with an encouragement; but it sure looks like moving it from -don't care- to -wishlist- might make some people happy around here.

Thu, 10/08/2009 - 10:47

#19

zahni

Joined: 21/08/2007

Posts: 6

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

Hi,
also missing is the feature to set the overall editor height to 100% of e.g. a div containing the editor with other HTML around it. Resizing the browser window always kept the editor height intact, which is not possible in the 3.0 release.

Another point is the migration of (very complex) plugins from 2.6.x to 3. Using the dialog JS model is not an option, so the only way to do this is using the iframedialog plugin, which is rather basic. E.g. getting the events for OK/cancel buttons, triggering the buttons visibility and pasting things back to the editor is clumsy/not possible currently.

Kind regards, Zahni

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 15:26

#20

pgde

Joined: 08/03/2008

Posts: 6

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

I don't know if this thread is still alive, but will also post a ticket. I would like to make another pitch to include 2.x spell check functionality in 3.x. While I see there is a plugin for this, it requires PHP or CFM, neither of which we use on our server. Does anybody have any suggestions for how to do this, especially in view of the privacy issues raised.

Thx,

P.

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 15:39

#21

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Features not available in CKEditor 3.0

The previous spellchecker needs some backend at your server and as you said other people have posted such a plugin for v3. So if it's missing some server language you should find out how the other languages have been ported and do it for your server.