fck editor

The print_textarea function to replace the one currently in weblib.php to implement fck editor.

Make sure fck editor is unzipped to "Moodle/lib/editor" in a folder "fckeditor"

Steps to installation

In moodle/lib/weblib.php replace the print_textarea function with the one provided.
Download fck editor to moodle/lib/editor (be sure to name the folder with the editor as "fckeditor"
Adjust the config file for fck editor to options you want to test
Make sure in the print_textarea function that the path to fckeditor.js is correct If there is a change in your file structure


/* test FCKeditor implementation*/
 
 
function print_textarea($usehtmleditor, $rows, $cols, $width, $height, $name, $value='', $courseid=0) {
/// $width and height are legacy fields and no longer used as pixels like they used to be.
/// However, you can set them to zero to override the mincols and minrows values below.
 global $CFG, $course;
 static $scriptcount; // For loading the htmlarea script only once.

 if (empty($courseid)) {

 if (!empty($course->id)) { // search for it in global context

 $courseid = $course->id;

 }

 }

 if (empty($scriptcount)) {

 $scriptcount = 0;

 }


 if ($usehtmleditor) {

 if (!empty($courseid) and isteacher($courseid)) {

 echo ($scriptcount < 1) ? '<script type="text/javascript" src="'. $CFG->wwwroot .'/lib/editor/fckeditor/fckeditor.js"></script>' . "\n" : '';

 } else {

 echo ($scriptcount < 1) ? '<script type="text/javascript" src="'. $CFG->wwwroot .'/lib/editor/fckeditor/fckeditor.js"></script>'."\n" : '';

 }


 echo '<script type="text/javascript" src="'. $CFG->wwwroot .'/lib/editor/fckeditor/fckeditor.js"></script>

  
    
  <script type="text/javascript">
      window.onload = function()
      {
        var oFCKeditor = new FCKeditor("MyTextarea") ;
        oFCKeditor.BasePath = "'. $CFG->wwwroot .'/lib/editor/fckeditor/" ;
        oFCKeditor.Height	= 400 ;
        oFCKeditor.Width	= 700 ;
        oFCKeditor.ReplaceTextarea() ;
      }
    </script>';

 

 $scriptcount++;





 if ($height) { // Usually with legacy calls

 if ($rows < $minrows) {

 $rows = $minrows;

 }

 }

 if ($width) { // Usually with legacy calls

 if ($cols < $mincols) {

 $cols = $mincols;

 }

 } 
 

 }

 echo '<textarea id= "MyTextarea"  name="'. $name .'" rows="'. $rows .'" cols="'. $cols .'">';

 p($value);

 echo '</textarea>'."\n";

}

For Moodle 1.8.2: This FCKEditor integration only semi-works. It has the only-loading-in-first-textarea bug. see [1] for background and [2] for more on the whole editor issue at large. --Andrew Grothe 12:38, 9 October 2007 (CDT)

The code above has a glitch, it renders the editor on header and not in it's real location, the code below resembles a modified function for correct rendering of the fckeditor

Also comment use_html_editor() function contents in same weblib.php for avoiding Javascript errors about missing object

function print_textarea($usehtmleditor, $rows, $cols, $width, $height, $name, $value='', $courseid=0, $return=false) {
/// $width and height are legacy fields and no longer used as pixels like they used to be.
/// However, you can set them to zero to override the mincols and minrows values below.
	global $CFG, $course;
	static $scriptcount; // For loading the htmlarea script only once.
	if (empty($courseid)) {
		if (!empty($course->id)) { // search for it in global context
			$courseid = $course->id;
		}
	}

	if (empty($scriptcount)) {
		$scriptcount = 0;
	}

	if ($usehtmleditor) {
		if (!empty($courseid) and isteacher($courseid)) {
			$strFck = ($scriptcount < 1) ? '<script type="text/javascript" src="'. $CFG->wwwroot .'/lib/editor/fckeditor/fckeditor.js"></script>' . "\n" : '';
		} else {
			$strFck = ($scriptcount < 1) ? '<script type="text/javascript" src="'. $CFG->wwwroot .'/lib/editor/fckeditor/fckeditor.js"></script>'."\n" : '';
		}
		$scriptcount++;
		if ($height) { // Usually with legacy calls
			if ($rows < $minrows) {
				$rows = $minrows;
			}
		}
		
		if ($width) { // Usually with legacy calls
			if ($cols < $mincols) {
				$cols = $mincols;
			}
		} 
	}
	
	$strFck .= '<textarea id= "' . $name .'_' . $scriptcount .'"  name="'. $name .'" rows="'. $rows .'" cols="'. $cols .'">';
	$strFck .= $value;
	$strFck .= '</textarea>'."\n";
	$strFck .= '<script type="text/javascript" defer="defer">
		var oFCKeditor_' . $scriptcount .' = new FCKeditor("' . $name . '_' . $scriptcount .'") ;
			oFCKeditor_' . $scriptcount .'.BasePath = "'. $CFG->wwwroot .'/lib/editor/fckeditor/" ;
			oFCKeditor_' . $scriptcount .'.Height	= 400 ;
			oFCKeditor_' . $scriptcount .'.Width	= 700 ;
			oFCKeditor_' . $scriptcount .'.ReplaceTextarea() ;
		</script>';
		
	
	
	if ($return) {
        return $strFck;
    }
    echo $strFck;
}

--Frederic Yesid Peña Sánchez 14:15, 13 March 2008 (GMT-5)

Documentation

fck editor