What is the best rich editor for Drupal

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Hi

Please what is the best and features rich editor I can use and depend on for Drupal?

I've found toooooooooooooooooooo many editors to be used, which is really very confusing issue.

Just a name still remember which is FCK Editor, I do not know if it is the best out there or there is something else.

Also what are the elements I should look into or after when I am picking an editor?

Thanks

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Probably FCK editor. You can play around with some others but I've found it works the best. The WYSIWYG module has a GUI for some of the settings and makes it easier to try out different editors.

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Recommending an editor is about as fraught as suggesting which car you should drive. For me, a powerful find/replace with Perl regular expressions and other options is of primary importance, as is the ability to create and access code snippets. It may well be different for you.

I suggest you try out a few before deciding. Most allow you to try them out for 30 days, which should be enough time to tell if they work for you.

You may find this list of Drupal Developer Tools useful.

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Ummm... we're talking about WYSIWYG editors for use within Drupal, not code editors.

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Megan wrote:
Ummm... we're talking about WYSIWYG editors for use within Drupal, not code editors.

That is correct ... but I've found the link is very useful for different purposes Wink

But still confused about which one I should pick?

I think I want a one that has:

1- WYSIWYG
2- Include as many features as possible
3- Stable.

That all I have in my mind ... so is it a correct theory when I think about which editor to use.

Thanks

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That's pretty much why I recommended FCKeditor. Why do you need the most features? Is there something special you're trying to do? In that case you may need to try a few and see which one can do what you want. I ended up with FCKeditor because I wanted it to do <code> tags.

There are two ways to install FCKeditor - through the WYSIWYG editor and by itself. There are pros and cons to both methods. If you install it by yourself and you want custom toolbar arrangements you have to hand-code them into the config file. Not a big deal, except that you'll have to copy that over every time you upgrade.

With the WISYWIG module there is an admin interface to select which buttons you want to show. The problem with it is that you can't easily switch between different skins (the default skin is kind of ugly).

Also, with or without the WYSIWYG module, it's easy to switch to a different editor if you don't like the one you're using.

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Is this the default skin you were talking about
FCKEditor Default Skin

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Yes. Not so bad really.

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I like it a lot

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I think, for what you want, FCKeditor is the editor of choice.

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Megan wrote:
Ummm... we're talking about WYSIWYG editors for use within Drupal, not code editors.

Sorry. To me, "rich editor" brought RTF to mind... Didn't occur to me it meant WYSIWYG- or even WYSINWYG.

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Sorry. To me, "rich editor" brought RTF to mind... Didn't occur to me it meant WYSIWYG- or even WYSINWYG.

No worries. Stuff happens. Smiling

It was the FCKEditor mention that tipped us off, easy mistake to make if you're not familiar with that particular WYSIWYG editor (there are a million out there after all).

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You mean this one: FCKEditor ?

But Ive tried to let it work and got confused about which way to install it or to install the other modules required first.

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