In ckeditor 4.0.1.1 I need to introduce a div element between the toolbar and editor area (see layout below).
I intend to use this div to build an extension to the ckeditor toolbar by adding further onclick buttons calling jQuery and PHP (rather than adding plugins to the standard toolbar in the usual way).
[ckeditor toolbar]
[custom div holding custom toolbar] >> contains an array of custom buttns
[ckeditor textarea]
How can do I force a div space between toolbar and editor in this way?

With CKEditor 4.1 (4.1 RC has
With CKEditor 4.1 (4.1 RC has been just released) you can place the toolbar in selected container and even to share that toolbar between many editor instances. This is possible thanks to Shared Spaces plugin. Check the sample that comes with this plugin for more details.
Piotrek (Reinmar) Koszuliński
CKEditor JavaScript Developer
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