CKEditor Content Not Submitting Properly

[Jeremy Perry]

I noticed a problem with using CKEditor Framed editing. When I try to save the content, my server-side gets a blank post from the page. This is also true when I did a client-side jQuery check on the textarea. The page I am working on is AJAX-based and is able to save the content if there is a submit issue. When I try to submit the page again, the content will submit. I ensured it wasn't my setup by turning off the CKEditor replace function on the textarea, and I was able to submit anything plain text without a problem. I like the 4.0 features, but this bug is unfortunately going to prevent me from letting my application use the tool. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to resolve this problem, or if a bug fix becomes available.

[Jeremy Perry]

Just to add as a comment. I am using Mac OS X 10.7. I found this issue on both the latest versions of Firefox and Chrome.

[Piotrek Koszuliński]

I don't fully understand your case. Can you provide a sample that shows this issue?

My guess is that you're trying to retrieve data from textarea on which CKEditor was built. This is incorrect way. It works only when you submit a form in which this textarea is placed. When you want to submit content via AJAX then you should:

• update content of this textarea by calling ​editor.updateElement()
• get data directly from editor instance by ​editor.getData()

If I'm right, please let me know, so I can close this ticket.

[Jakub Ś]

@Reinmar I think you are right because this is the same thing I have thought after I had read this ticket.

@jeremyrperry if despite changes you still can't get this working please write prepare sample page that allows reproducing this problem in CKEditor and I will reopen this ticket.

[Jeremy Perry]

I got the problem solved. I was used to working with an older version of CKEditor where this step wasn't necessary. The ticket can be closed. Thanks!