Modifying the editor's DOM doesn't affect Preview window

Hi

I have this code:

img.setAttribute('src',encodeURI(imageUrl));

It modifies the DOM (CKEditor-DOM?) of the HTML document in the editor, as it should: The replacement image is shown.

But this doesn't affect CKEditor's Preview window.

How to make it work? What to do so that the modification has an effect on the Preview window? (and on the data gotten from getData() )

Tobi

Fri, 09/10/2010 - 19:08

tobi_reif

Joined: 26/08/2010

Posts: 6

Re: Modifying the editor's DOM doesn't affect Preview window

Hi

It would be great if someone could help me with this issue.

Tobi

Sun, 09/12/2010 - 12:06

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: Modifying the editor's DOM doesn't affect Preview window

Look at the image dialog, the src can be changed automatically by some browsers, so it's copied to another attribute and that one is the value that will be used in getData().

Fri, 10/01/2010 - 22:50

tobi_reif

Joined: 26/08/2010

Posts: 6

Re: Modifying the editor's DOM doesn't affect Preview window

In short, my question is:

How to (using JS) modify the HTML code of the document in the proper way - so that it will really be changed: so that I can expect the preview window (and the data from getData() ) to reflect these changes.

Tobi

Mon, 10/04/2010 - 19:01

zanpakutō

Joined: 08/02/2010

Posts: 122

Re: Modifying the editor's DOM doesn't affect Preview window

Study the source code for the image plugin and learn how CKEditor's event listeners work. Create a new CKEditor command and then use the event system to either listen for or trigger the events you need to happen when you launch that command.
What I've described is more or less how the majority of the important bits of the plugin system in CKEditor work. Look at the source code for examples. It's all in there. It's very simple and easy to understand javascript.
Once you learn what an event listener is, how to fire an event and how to create new CKEditor commands, you should be able to do what you want.

Thanks,
Zanpakutō