For point 1, well... you really want to push us to the extreme This is quite hard to implement in the browser, but it is an interesting idea. I think a plugin would fits well for it. Right now we are more concentrated in the core features though. But, good to have it here so it can be considered in the future.
For point 2 instead, yes, we aim to provide ways to make this abstraction more powerful. Just like a "create your custom editor" way. A initial discussion around it has been done in another topic. Of course, things don't just fall from the sky. I lot of work will be needed to achieve it anyway. Maybe we can work on a proof of concept too.
1) Yup, I just sat and wondering about how to retrieve the cursor position for instance (some calculate-text-length-divided-on-font-type-size-.... kinda thing?). Though, I assume this one is a tuff one for every web-editor authors - on the other hand, if you could pull this off it would indeed by an edge on the other browsers on the market A plugin would do great if this will manifest sometime in the future.
But I fully understand that current focus is on the core - I just like to implant ideas in an early state
I second these suggestions. Actually I thought that FCKEditor could already detach the toolbars from the editor area. I would be happy to help testing at any stage.
Re: "IntelliSense" and detachable
For point 1, well... you really want to push us to the extreme This is quite hard to implement in the browser, but it is an interesting idea. I think a plugin would fits well for it. Right now we are more concentrated in the core features though. But, good to have it here so it can be considered in the future.
For point 2 instead, yes, we aim to provide ways to make this abstraction more powerful. Just like a "create your custom editor" way. A initial discussion around it has been done in another topic. Of course, things don't just fall from the sky. I lot of work will be needed to achieve it anyway. Maybe we can work on a proof of concept too.
Frederico Knabben
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Re: "IntelliSense" and detachable
1) Yup, I just sat and wondering about how to retrieve the cursor position for instance (some calculate-text-length-divided-on-font-type-size-.... kinda thing?).
Though, I assume this one is a tuff one for every web-editor authors - on the other hand, if you could pull this off it would indeed by an edge on the other browsers on the market A plugin would do great if this will manifest sometime in the future.
But I fully understand that current focus is on the core - I just like to implant ideas in an early state
Re: "IntelliSense" and detachable
Re: "IntelliSense" and detachable
Has anyone worked on a plugin for issue #1? If so, please share