Richcombo breaks on HTML entities in HTML formatted values

[spuymore]

• configure an editor with latest strinsert addon from ​https://github.com/57u/custom-dropdown-ckeditor4/commit/32bb75a5fc5129722ddd32637e8639be2735cbb5 (​http://ckeditor.com/addon/strinsert is not up to date) using following settings:

  config.extraPlugins = 'strinsert';
  config.strinsert_strings = [{'name': 'test', 'value': 'html entities like <, &gt and & wont work'}];
  

• open the editor, select 'test' from the 'Insert' dropdown in the toolbar and you'll get a JavaScript error like:
  • Chrome:

    Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'hasClass' of null ckeditor.js:746
    Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'hasClass' of null ckeditor.js:746
    CKEDITOR.ui.listBlock.CKEDITOR.tools.createClass.proto.isMarked ckeditor.js:746
    CKEDITOR.ui.listBlock.CKEDITOR.tools.createClass.proto.toggle ckeditor.js:744
    (anonymous function) ckeditor.js:742
    (anonymous function) ckeditor.js:27
    CKEDITOR.tools.callFunction ckeditor.js:27
    onclick
    

  • IE:

    Error: Unable to get property 'hasClass' of undefined or null reference
    

Edit: Please see comment:5 for quick summary :)

[Jakub Ś]

This is a DUP of #10638.

Please use

{'name': 'test', 'value': 'html entities like <, > and & won\'t work'}

and insertText because you are not inserting HTML in this case.

[spuymore]

But that's exactly the point, I want to insert HTML, not text!

So please reopen considering I would want to insert HTML with HTML entities in it:

config.strinsert_strings = [{'name': 'test', 'value': '<div>html entities like &lt;, &gt and &amp; wont work</div>'}];

The above fails with given errors but HTML without entities works, e.g.:

config.strinsert_strings = [{'name': 'test', 'value': '<div>this html without entities inserts fine!</div>'}];

[Jakub Ś]

I want to insert HTML, not text!

Plugin name is kind of misleading.

You are right, when one wants to insert HTML with entities then dropdown breaks.

Problem can be reproduced in all browsers from CKEditor 3.0.