HTML editor 2.0: Difference between revisions

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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

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?
Moodle-specific_customisations_to_the_HTML_editor

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-This page will detail the specification for the HTML editor in Moodle 2.0.
+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?]
+* [[Moodle-specific_customisations_to_the_HTML_editor]]