11 Jan
2016
11 Jan
'16
1 p.m.
Hi Marius,
I prefer to think in term of use cases. Here are the ones I see as important on this topic
and that I think we need to ensure that we implement:
UC1: Ability for admins to install an extension that contributes a new editor
UC2: Ability for admins to select which editor is the default editor for their users in a
given wiki (note that ideally this configuration should be per wiki for the farm use
case)
UC3: Ability for admins to decide which editors are active (i.e. which editors users will
be able to configure or use). For example it should be possible to completely replace the
GWT-based WYSIWYG by CKEeditor and preventing any user from using the GWT-based WYSIWYG
editor.
UC4: Ability for a user (simple or advanced) to explicitly decide which default editors
he/she’ll use (in his/her user profile probably). Should override the editor selected in
UC2 (but they should only see editors that are active, cf UC3)
UC5: Ability for an advanced user to choose on the spot (on-demand) the editor to use to
edit a given page, bypassing the default editor. Should override the editor selected in
UC4.
WDYT?
Thanks
-Vincent
On 11 Jan 2016 at 12:31:12, Marius Dumitru Florea
(mariusdumitru.florea@xwiki.com(mailto:mariusdumitru.florea@xwiki.com)) wrote:
Hi devs,
I'm working on integrating CKEditor in XWiki and I'm wondering how the Edit
menu should reflect the fact that there are multiple editors available. I
see two options:
(A) List all the available content editors in the Edit menu (note that the
menu is visible only for advanced users). E.g. Wiki, GWT WYSIWYG, CKEditor
PROS:
* easier to implement (because there is already an UIX for this)
* easier to discover new content editors (e.g. after an admin installs an
extension that provides a content editor)
* ability to try a different content editor than the one configured (i.e.
without updating the configuration)
CONS:
* the (advanced) user might not know, at first, which content editor to
choose from the Edit menu
* once the user has a preferred editor the other content editor entries
become noise (the user may want to hide them)
(B) List only the edit modes in the Edit menu. E.g. Wiki, WYSIWYG
PROS:
* easier to choose the edit mode (wiki/source vs. WYSIWYG)
* less crowded Edit menu (easier to scan, no noise)
CONS:
* the user needs to edit his profile to discover the available editors for
Wiki/WYSIWYG modes
* harder to try the new content editors (you need to update the
configuration)
Let's see what we need for each option:
(A) Needs:
* UIX in the Edit menu (already available)
* 1 configuration option ("editing.content.defaultEditor") to configure the
default editor (at farm/wiki/space/user level). We can probably extend the
"Default editor to use" preference from the user profile to show all the
available content editors.
(B) Needs:
* 3 configuration options:
** default edit mode (Wiki vs. WYSIWYG), already available in the user
profile
** default Wiki mode editor (only one editor for now so we can skip it)
** default WYSIWYG mode editor (GWT-based vs. CKEditor)
I'm leaning towards option (A). WDYT?
Thanks,
Marius
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