Upgraded RTE (WYSIWYG editor)

Created by Jill |

I updated the RTE to rtehtmlarea version 1.4.2 and reconfigured the editor from the ground up.  Changes are summarized below.

  • Added the necessary configuration to support the paragraph and text (character) styling.  Actual use is dependent on provided styles from UR
    • Once styles are available, highlight the text to be styled and select a style from the Paragraph: or Text: pull-down menus in the RTE
  • Added the necessary configuration to support the table styling.  One style has been provided and additional styles will be added as they are provided from UR
    • To style tables, use the Table Properties dialog and under CSS Style, make a selection from the Table pull-down menu
  • Copy-and-paste from MS Word and other web pages should remove extra tags[1]
  • Removed tag options that cannot be used for 508/aaa compliance
  • Enabled the in-line spell-checker
    • Works for all instances of the RTE, including news articles
    • Has a more user-friendly interface
    • Displays the button at the top along with formatting buttons
      • The right-side spell-checker will remain, as it facilitates spell-checking of headers and other non-RTE input fields
  • Configured the AllowClipboardHelper prompt to reference the most current version (0.5.5) as of this reading
    • Mozilla-based browsers display a warning message when using the paste button.  This is a security setting not unique to TYPO3 or rtehtmlarea.  To use the paste button, install the AllowClipboardHelper extension by clicking "OK" to install the extension.  Note that you may need to re-install this extension after upgrading your browser

[1] - This has not been tested with every browser, every OS, and/or every version of MS Office.  Please report any instances that do not work.  Also note that MS Office "smart tags" (<st1:, <st2: etc) may not be removed and you may need to turn off the smart tag feature before pasting from MS Office.

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