Ckeditor¶ ↑

CKEditor is a text editor to be used inside web pages. It’s a WYSIWYG editor, which means that the text being edited on it looks as similar as possible to the results users have when publishing it. It brings to the web common editing features found on desktop editing applications like Microsoft Word and OpenOffice.

Features¶ ↑

• Rails 3 integration

• Files browser

• HTML5 files uploader

• Hooks for formtastic and simple_form forms generators

• Extra plugins: attachment and embed.

• Assets pagination (under construction)

Install¶ ↑

gem install ckeditor

Or via bundler:

gem "ckeditor", "~> 3.6.0"

Download ckeditor¶ ↑

rails generate ckeditor:install

You can pass version of ckeditor to download (ckeditor.com/download/releases):

rails generate ckeditor:install --version=3.5.4

Now generate models for store uploading files¶ ↑

ActiveRecord + paperclip¶ ↑

For active_record orm is used paperclip gem (it’s by default).

gem "paperclip"

rails generate ckeditor:models --orm=active_record --backend=paperclip

ActiveRecord + carrierwave¶ ↑

gem "carrierwave"
gem "mini_magick"

rails generate ckeditor:models --orm=active_record --backend=carrierwave

Mongoid + paperclip¶ ↑

gem 'mongoid-paperclip', :require => 'mongoid_paperclip'

rails generate ckeditor:models --orm=mongoid --backend=paperclip

Mongoid + carrierwave¶ ↑

gem "carrierwave-mongoid", :require => 'carrierwave/mongoid'
gem "mini_magick"

rails generate ckeditor:models --orm=mongoid --backend=carrierwave

Available orms:

• active_record

• mongoid (Thanks Dmitry Lihachev github.com/lda)

• mongo_mapper (under construction)

Autoload ckeditor models folder (application.rb):

config.autoload_paths += %W(#{config.root}/app/models/ckeditor)

Usage¶ ↑

Include ckeditor javascripts:

<%= javascript_include_tag :ckeditor %>

or (for rails 3.1):

<%= javascript_include_tag "/javascripts/ckeditor/ckeditor.js" %>

Form helpers:

cktext_area_tag("test_area", "Ckeditor is the best")

cktext_area_tag("content", "Ckeditor", :input_html => {:cols => 10, :rows => 20}, :toolbar => 'Easy')

• input_html - Options for text_area tag, others for ckeditor javascript configuration.

• language - appends automatically, by default is I18n.locale

• available ckeditor options - docs.cksource.com/ckeditor_api/symbols/CKEDITOR.config.html

For configure ckeditor default options check:

public/javascripts/ckeditor/config.js

This stylesheet use editor for displaying edit area:

public/javascripts/ckeditor/contents.css

FormBuilder helper for more usefully:

<%= form_for @page do |form| -%>
  ...
  <%= form.cktext_area :notes, :toolbar => 'Full', :width => 800, :height => 400 %>
  ...
  <%= form.cktext_area :content, :input_html => { :value => "Default value" } %>
  ...
  <%= cktext_area :page, :info %>
<% end -%>

AJAX¶ ↑

Jquery sample:

<script type='text/javascript' charset='UTF-8'>
  $(document).ready(function(){  
    $('form[data-remote]').bind("ajax:before", function(){
      for (instance in CKEDITOR.instances){
        CKEDITOR.instances[instance].updateElement();
      }
    });
  });
</script>

Formtastic integration¶ ↑

<%= form.input :content, :as => :ckeditor %>
<%= form.input :content, :as => :ckeditor, :input_html => { :height => 400 } %>

SimpleForm integration¶ ↑

<%= form.ckeditor :content, :label => false, :input_html => { :toolbar => 'Full' } %>

Default scope¶ ↑

For example, you need split assets collection for each user.

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base

  protected

    def ckeditor_filebrowser_scope(options = {})
      super { :assetable_id => current_user.id, :assetable_type => 'User' }.merge(options)
    end
end

If your wont filter only pictures or attachment_files - redefine methods “ckeditor_pictures_scope” or “ckeditor_attachment_files_scope” respectively. By default, both these methods call “ckeditor_filebrowser_scope” method:

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base

  protected

    def ckeditor_pictures_scope(options = {})
      ckeditor_filebrowser_scope(options)
    end

    def ckeditor_attachment_files_scope(options = {})
      ckeditor_filebrowser_scope(options)
    end
end

Callbacks¶ ↑

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base

  protected

    # Cancan example
    def ckeditor_authenticate
      authorize! action_name, @asset
    end

    # Set current_user as assetable
    def ckeditor_before_create_asset(asset)
      asset.assetable = current_user
      return true
    end
end

I18n ¶ ↑

en:
  ckeditor:
    page_title: "CKEditor Files Manager"
    confirm_delete: "Delete file?"
    buttons:
      cancel: "Cancel"
      upload: "Upload"
      delete: "Delete"

Tests¶ ↑

rake test
rake test CKEDITOR_ORM=mongoid
rake test CKEDITOR_BACKEND=carrierwave

This project rocks and uses MIT-LICENSE.