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This page | This page details the specification of the HTML editor in Moodle 2.0. | ||
== What we want == | |||
* Integration - With Moodle (smileys, different formats, etc.) with a minimum of changes | |||
* Compatibility - With web browsers (mostly FF, IE, Safari, Opera) | |||
* Standard - Outputs valid XHTML code | |||
* Accessibility - Is it 100% keyboard accessible? Is it usable in JAWS? Etc. | |||
* Configurability - Possibility to make it show different options and buttons according to the user, the context, etc. | |||
Some features that should be evaluated: | |||
* Handling of Word documents | |||
* HTML code direct editing | |||
* Image uploading | |||
* Mathematical formulas editing | |||
* Possible to turn it on and off on demand (on the page) without losing (modified) content | |||
* Right-to-left text input | |||
* Smileys (has to be possible to use the Moodle list of smileys) | |||
* Special characters | |||
* Tables | |||
* Themeable (possible to make a theme that fits with Moodle's) | |||
Ticket MDL-11113 discusses most issues. | |||
== Possibilities and evaluation == | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_WYSIWYG_HTML_editors Comparison of WYSIWYG HTML editors on Wikipedia] | |||
* [http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/ TinyMCE]: [http://wiki.moxiecode.com/index.php/TinyMCE:Compatibility Compatibility], [http://wiki.moxiecode.com/index.php/TinyMCE:Index Documentation], [http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/example_full.php?example=true Demo] | |||
* [http://www.fckeditor.net/ FCKeditor]: [http://docs.fckeditor.net/FCKeditor_3.x/Design_and_Architecture/Browsers_Compatibility Compatibility] [http://docs.fckeditor.net/ Documentation], [http://www.fckeditor.net/demo Demo] | |||
* [http://xinha.webfactional.com/ Xinha]: [http://xinha.webfactional.com/wiki/Documentation Documentation], [http://xinha.webfactional.com/wiki/Examples Demo] | |||
* [http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/editor/ Yahoo RTE]: [http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/docs/module_editor.html Documentation], [http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/examples/editor/index.html Demo], | |||
As of 16 April 2008, the preference goes to TinyMCE. | |||
== Links to forum discussions, tracker, docs, etc. == | |||
* [http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-11113 MDL-11113 - Get a fully working HTML editor in Moodle] | |||
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=76912 Using Moodle: What is the current position with the HTML editor?] | |||
* [[Development:Moodle-specific_customisations_to_the_HTML_editor]] |
Revision as of 04:33, 16 April 2008
This page details the specification of the HTML editor in Moodle 2.0.
What we want
- Integration - With Moodle (smileys, different formats, etc.) with a minimum of changes
- Compatibility - With web browsers (mostly FF, IE, Safari, Opera)
- Standard - Outputs valid XHTML code
- Accessibility - Is it 100% keyboard accessible? Is it usable in JAWS? Etc.
- Configurability - Possibility to make it show different options and buttons according to the user, the context, etc.
Some features that should be evaluated:
- Handling of Word documents
- HTML code direct editing
- Image uploading
- Mathematical formulas editing
- Possible to turn it on and off on demand (on the page) without losing (modified) content
- Right-to-left text input
- Smileys (has to be possible to use the Moodle list of smileys)
- Special characters
- Tables
- Themeable (possible to make a theme that fits with Moodle's)
Ticket MDL-11113 discusses most issues.
Possibilities and evaluation
- Comparison of WYSIWYG HTML editors on Wikipedia
- TinyMCE: Compatibility, Documentation, Demo
- FCKeditor: Compatibility Documentation, Demo
- Xinha: Documentation, Demo
- Yahoo RTE: Documentation, Demo,
As of 16 April 2008, the preference goes to TinyMCE.
Links to forum discussions, tracker, docs, etc.
- [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-11113 MDL-11113 - Get a fully working HTML editor in Moodle]
- Using Moodle: What is the current position with the HTML editor?
- Development:Moodle-specific_customisations_to_the_HTML_editor