Start the editor in Source mode

[anonymous]

How would I start the editor in the HTML source mode instead of the WYSIWIG mode?

[Martin Kou]

​https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1294774&group_id=75348&atid=543656 have been marked as dup of this bug

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Moved from SF. Original poster: alfonsoml

Has this been implemented? I still can't see anything in the API that allows it?

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Moved from SF. Original poster: tallyce

The editor can be started in source mode using the following code (although this doesn't truly avoid starting in WYSIWYG, just the end result is source mode):

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
  function FCKeditor_OnComplete(editorInstance) {
    // Switch the editor from WYSIWYG to SOURCE on startup.
    editorInstance.SwitchEditMode();
  }
--></script>

The FCKeditor_OnComplete function is executed once the editor has loaded. Outside of using this hack in your pages to force the editor to switch on startup, the current editor doesn't support a textmode option by default.

The biggest problem with this scenario is when Gecko or IE "massages" the underlying HTML for purposes not explained by anyone. I know that some fixes for these events already exist in FCKeditor, but it would still be nice to have this function implemented so that the IFRAME initialized with the source active instead of the WYSIWYG view.

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Moved from SF. Original poster: ytztech

It�s not possible in the actual version. I�ll manage to include it on future versions.

Best regards, FredCK

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Moved from SF. Original poster: fredck

[Frederico Caldeira Knabben]

First patch proposal. Not intended to be the final solution.

[OlaA]

Are there any news on when this feature will be included?

[OlaA]

Modified proposal

[OlaA]

I tested the proposal patch on 2.6.4, and modified it a bit to make it work. I've tested it on Firefox, IE, Opera and Chrome. It seems to be working well but I'm not sure it's suitable for a final solution.

[Piotrek Koszuliński]

​http://docs.ckeditor.com/#!/api/CKEDITOR.config-cfg-startupMode