no not dojo, its too basic and incomplete
for eg.
no way to assign alignment to images like tinymce,
no way to assign alt text either.
no way to add target=_blank or tooltip for links
etc
etc
Yeah.... check out http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/example_full.php?example=true, it's a full wysiwyg text formatter with a load of almost word like options, and plugins to boot...
I tried the TinyMCE link 3stripe sent - I can't highlight text using the mouse since it interferes with Firefow mouse gestures!!
Anyhow, would it be possible to make an extension where you could choose between TinyMCE and Dojo? Or perhaps modify one into the other when the first is completed?
I think I'd only want bold, italic, bulletpoint and add hyperlink rather than all the gazillion buttons!
i can tell you all this from extensive on-the-job experience with these things: tinymce mangles complex html code. its xhtml parser is not so great. also tinymce is a pretty heavy download for the user, despite its name. i won't use it. xinha is nice but a pain in the ass to configure. i've never had any stability problems with it, MySchizoBuddy. fckeditor does the best job of preserving your code once you get it configured. but it's got a couple of weird display bugs. nothing too bad. htmlarea is the best all around, simple and stable. unfortunately the new versions are no longer free so you have to hunt for an old one.
these are of course the editors with more features than just "bold" and "italic" and "smileyface." if you want one of those, i'm sure there are plenty around.
Thanks for the briefing, Itchy! I wouldn't want to download more features than I'd use - and I'd use quite few features. From a very brief glance, I thought Dojo looked rather promising.
yeah, dojo does look nice. i'm trying to figure out how to separate the text editor control from the rest of the toolkit so i can make it into an add-on.
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however Xinha is much better in my opinion.
I think this is something Vanilla really needs! It would be the first extension I download after an install!
What would be nice to is if the extension could have settings for basic/advanced etc versions of TinyMCE!
(now... why did I have to use square brackets to make that really look bold?)
It is almost done; I am finding a way to have the tinymce validator and vanilla formatter stripping away the same tags and attribute.
Anyhow, would it be possible to make an extension where you could choose between TinyMCE and Dojo? Or perhaps modify one into the other when the first is completed?
I think I'd only want bold, italic, bulletpoint and add hyperlink rather than all the gazillion buttons!
tinymce mangles complex html code. its xhtml parser is not so great. also tinymce is a pretty heavy download for the user, despite its name. i won't use it.
xinha is nice but a pain in the ass to configure. i've never had any stability problems with it, MySchizoBuddy.
fckeditor does the best job of preserving your code once you get it configured. but it's got a couple of weird display bugs. nothing too bad.
htmlarea is the best all around, simple and stable. unfortunately the new versions are no longer free so you have to hunt for an old one.
these are of course the editors with more features than just "bold" and "italic" and "smileyface." if you want one of those, i'm sure there are plenty around.