All of these items already exist in TinyMCE as standard buttons or plugins in the current version of TinyMCE. If one wants to argue about if they should or should not be included, then the alternative would be to create options in the configuration file. Then the end Administrator can decide if they would or would not like them included. I was actually planning to create that as another bug, but that is a lot more work than just turning on these options by default.
I have already discovered that on some dialog boxes (aka Resume and profile) that all of these buttons make those dialog editor boxes too large. That is a cosmetic issue, but it is an issue related to applying these changes. This whole discussion got started, because the standard TinyMCE image button does not allow the access to Mahara files (images, etc.) I started to poke around TinyMCE's website and found the Advimage plugin that replaces the standard image button. That plugin combined with file_browser_callback and external_image_list_url, along with some custom Mahara code, can fix the Mahara image file issue. (This bug does not include any custom Mahara code -- just turning on standard TinyMCE options). In summary, the more I looked at TinyMCE's website and the Mahara bugs and forum discussion the more I realized that the Mahara development team is not aware of the power of TinyMCE. TinyMCE is a very powerful editor, and to not allow Mahara's users to take advantage of its power does not make sense. Even with this large list, I have not looked at all of the potential of TinyMCE. There is the ability to add quick keys, ability to hide the GuI buttons, accessability (screen reader) features ... the list goes on. There are even options to add source code that looks pretty (issue that comes up frequently in the forums). Add to the list Button: Advlist Plugin: advlist Summary: Advlist - better list options Advimage - better image options Advlink - better link options Advhr - Better horizontal ruler options Media - Ability to add media (audio and video), only available in the current version of TinyMCE. Insert date and insert time (not required, but they are nice to have ). All student documents usually have a date field. If a person is keeping a log of something they may want a time. outdent and indent - changes the margin in or out (standard option in most editors). search and replace - again, standard option in most editors (may not be a required one, but it is nice). styprops - Very nice style dialog box. Nice to have style selector - (that one needs to do a bit more testing of, but I think it is supposed to allow the user to select a style from a list of predefined styles. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Core, which is subscribed to Mahara. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/869214 Title: TinyMCE buttons need to be updated Status in Mahara ePortfolio: Triaged Bug description: Requires Bug #869193 to be fixed first (updating TinyMCE to version 3.4.6) The following buttons needs to be activated 1. Image Button needs to be changed to AdvImage (no button change, just plugin) 2. Link button needs to be changed to AdvLink (no button change, just plugin) 3. Media button needs to be activated. 4. Insertdate button need to be activated 5. Inserttime button needs to be activated 6. outdent button needs to be activated 7. indent button needs to be activated 8. search button needs to be activated 9. replace button needs to be activated 10. styleprops button needs to be activated 11. styleselect button needs to be activated 12. advhr button needs to be activated The following plugins need to be added: advhr, advlink, advimage, insertdatetime, style, searchreplace, media, autosize $adv_buttons = array( "undo,redo,separator,bold,italic,underline,separator,justifyleft,justifycenter,justifyright,justifyfull,separator,bullist,numlist,separator,link,unlink,separator,code,fullscreen", "bold,italic,underline,strikethrough,separator,forecolor,backcolor,separator,justifyleft,justifycenter,justifyright,justifyfull,separator,advhr,emotions,image,media,spellchecker,cleanup,separator,link,unlink,separator,insertdate,inserttime,code,fullscreen", "undo,redo,separator,bullist,numlist,separator,tablecontrols,separator,cut,copy,paste,pasteword,separator,outdent,indent,blockquote,search,replace", "styleprops,styleselect,fontselect,separator,fontsizeselect,separator,formatselect,removeformat", ); plugins: "table,emotions,spellchecker,inlinepopups,paste,fullscreen,tabfocus,advhr,advlink,advimage,insertdatetime,style,searchreplace,media,autoresize", To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/869214/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-core Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-core More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
