#47 Maximize In Dialog
I needed a button in the FCKeditor toolbar that
opened a maximized editor in a typical FCKeditor
dialog window. I started off by modifying directly
several FCKeditor files to see what was possible.
After a day or two I had a first result: just the
basics, nothing fancy, but could not immediately use
it as it was no plugin.
Before rewritting it as a plugin I took a good look
at the “Full/Close Window”-plugin of Michal Aichinger
and Edwin Vlieg. The main thing I missed in their
plugin was the typical look-and-feel of the
FCKeditor. So my plugin had to be a mix of their fine
solution and my quick-and-dirty work.
The final result can be found here. Installation
instructions as well as the basic behavior are
included in the readme file of the plugin. I hope it
can be put to some good use.
Maximize In Dialog Plug in
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I used this plug-in (excellent work), however, the link
buttons do not work when maximised. They work minimised. I
have a basic toolbar whilst minimised, which changes to a
larger toolbar once maximised. If I add the links to the
basic, they work. Any ideas?
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I used this plug-in (excellent work), however, the link
buttons do not work when maximised. They work minimised. I
have a basic toolbar whilst minimised, which changes to a
larger toolbar once maximised. If I add the links to the
basic, they work. Any ideas?
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information on the used browser version, FCKeditor
version/build, language(s), skin(s),… as this can speed up
the response.
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Hi welshleddy,
To determine what the problem is I had to run a little
test.
I took a standard FCKeditor version 2.3.1 build 1062
(default language, toolbar and skin) and added the
MaximizeInDialog plug-in. I looked at it in Mozilla
Firefox 1.5 and had no problems with the links.
In internet explorer version 6 however I saw this:
- In normal view: (this shows the default behavior)
The Insert/Edit Link was enabled and the Remove Link was
disabled.
I added a link and both the Insert/Edit Link and the
Remove Link were enabled.
Then I removed the link and they both returned to the
initial state.
- In Dialog view:
The Insert/Edit Link was disabled (wrong initial state:
PROBLEM!) and the Remove Link was also disabled (initial
state: OK!).
I had to be able to add a link in the dialog window. How?
I used the Source-button on the toolbar to switch to the
HTML-source of the page and added a link in HTML (for
example: <a href=http://www.test.com>test of a link</a>).
Then I returned to the rich editor using the Source-button
again.
Now that I had added a link, the Insert/Edit Link was
disabled (state not changed: OK!) and the Remove Link was
enabled (OK!).
Then I removed the link and they both returned to the
initial state. (OK!).
Conclusion: my little test indicates that there only seems
to be a problem with the state of the Insert/Edit Link at
the activation of the FCKeditor in a Dialog window when
using internet explorer.
The next thing now is to find out why… but it looks a bit
like a bug to me in the core of the FCK editor… I let you
know when I find something…
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Apparently Select All has the same problem as Insert/Edit
Link (disabled at startup in a dialog window)…
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Hi welshleddy,
The MaximizeInDialog plug-in uses the FCKDialog.OpenDialog
() method of the FCKeditor API to open the editor in a
dialog window.
In the file fckdialog_ie.js we can see that this FCKeditor
API method uses the browser specific method showModalDialog
() of internet explorer.
If we open a page that contains the FCKeditor with
showModalDialog() (without using the MaximizeInDialog-
plugin) we can see that Insert/Edit Link and Select All
are not enabled.
Conclusion: the FCKeditor core contains a bug on
activating these buttons when the page is opened with
showModalDialog(), whether the plugin was used or not.
I opened a bug report so it can be resolved in one of the
next releases. (BUG: 1559754)
Alternatives: (not much I am afraid)
- insert links in minimized form
- insert links as HTML-code in Source-view
- use another browser
There all not user-friendly, but they work. Eventually
you’ll have to wait for the next release of the FCKeditor
to get it fixed.
I hope this is of any help to you,