Overwrite a core plugin?

If I wanted to overwrite a function in a core plugin, how would I go about it? I tried to make a plugin that overwrote some functionality in a core plugin, but the core plugins always seem to get loaded last of all plugins.

The plugin I want to overwrite in this case is styles. I just want to overwrite individual methods inside the plugin, not the whole plugin.

Sat, 10/17/2009 - 17:59

garry.yao

Joined: 03/01/2009

Posts: 170

Re: Overwrite a core plugin?

Hi, I hope this could help you:

/**
 * @file Sample plugin for override core( native ) functionality in the editor.
 */
CKEDITOR.plugins.add( 'override',
{
   init : function( editor )
   {
      // Leave it emtpy for now...
   },

   afterInit : function( editor )
   {
      // Override core API here.
      var old = CKEDITOR.style.prototype.apply;
      CKEDITOR.style.prototype.apply = function()
      {
         // My overrides here...
         old.apply( this, arguments );
      };
   }
} );

Tue, 10/20/2009 - 00:32

ozymandias

Joined: 17/10/2009

Posts: 2

Re: Overwrite a core plugin?

That's great. This is the solution I eventually hammered out:

var overrideLoader = new CKEDITOR.resourceManager(
      '_source/' +   // @Packager.RemoveLine
      'plugins/', 'plugin' );

   editor.on('pluginsLoaded', function() {
      overrideLoader.load(CKEDITOR.config.overridePlugins.split(','), function() {
   
      });
   });

Your way seems better, though.

Now that I've got a way to override, I have another problem. All the internal functions of the plugin are wrapped in an anonymous function, so even if I overwrite one of the style.methods, the new method can't access any of the other functions because it's no longer in the same scope. Is there a way around this or am I pretty much boned?

I really want the ability to modify\customize small bits of functionality without having to simply overwrite the entire plugin.

Wed, 10/28/2009 - 18:15

garry.yao

Joined: 03/01/2009

Posts: 170