New Editor

[Tom]

I'm replacing the WYSIWYG editor in BattleMaster with the more advanced CKEditor. It has been in a few remote places for a few weeks already and caused no problems, so I'm now rolling it out to most of the game (on testing, at least).

The new editor has a couple really nice features. But if you notice anything that got lost, let me know.

[LilWolf]

Is it intentional that it over rides the fact you've set the editor to be used to Plain/HTML in your account options?

Also, this new editor does insane line spacings if you use enter to change lines(which most people will).

[Indirik]

Can it be skinned to blend into the interface? It's really "in your face" right now.

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Also, this new editor does insane line spacings if you use enter to change lines(which most people will).

This is a bit of an understatement... it's inserting four lines for every time you press enter.

[Tom]

Is it intentional that it over rides the fact you've set the editor to be used to Plain/HTML in your account options?

Also, this new editor does insane line spacings if you use enter to change lines(which most people will).

Hm, that is strange. I'm fairly sure that it isn't due to the editor but the processing we do on the backend.

And yes, the override is intentional. If you don't have javascript enabled, this editor will gracefully degrade to a regular textbox. I don't see any other reasons not to use it.

Can it be skinned to blend into the interface? It's really "in your face" right now.

Yes, it has very nice skinning options. Want to give it a try? The ckeditor website has documentation on how to create your own skin.

[Shizzle]

Also, I noticed some ugly things happening when pasting in text?

[Tom]

several input problems are fixed now. They were due to the old code overzelously cleaning the input. Twice. And then again for good measure.

[Indirik]

One major problem for me, and I assume others as well: The browser's built-in spell checker does not run inside the new editor. I *really* counted on that feature....

[Zakilevo]

yeah. I need put google on all the time!

[Tom]

It's a matter of config options, as it supports both browser-internal and its own spellchecker. I'll have to read the docs and test some settings.

[fodder]

i prefer plain text... hate copy/pasting stuff and having it end up with strange font/color, etc in those fancy editors.

[Solari]

i prefer plain text... hate copy/pasting stuff and having it end up with strange font/color, etc in those fancy editors.

Paste as plain text.  Any operating system can do this.

[Indirik]

The editor has a built-in "paste as plain text" option. It's one of the toolbar buttons.

[Anaris]

Paste as plain text.  Any operating system can do this.

Orly?

Perhaps you'd like to educate us all by describing how it is done on every operating system?

Or, if you object to my being overly literal, every current version of a major operating system?

[Indirik]

Chrome on Windows has a right-click "Paste as plain text" option. However... CKEditor  intercepts that right-click and pops up its own context menu instead, which only has a "
Paste" option. For me, that option then causes CKEditor to complain that my security settings have blocked the editor from accessing the clipboard, and requiring me to paste the text into another pop-up dialog and hit the OK button. Quite the ridiculous process for a simple paste task.

The new editor seems to work OK, but the interface is definitely rough in some spots.