Drupal WYSIWYG using the CKEditor vs CKEditor module

Question

What is the difference between using the WYSIWYG module that points to the CKEditor library and using the dedicated CKEditor module.

We are currently using the WYSIWYG module with TinyMCE.

Answer 1

The answer is: Wysiwyg module , do you get an interface for which buttons are displayed in profiles, whereas once CKEditor , you didn’t? Or at least it’s not clear where to choose which buttons appear in the CKeditor module. http://drupal.ckeditor.com/ contains documentation on this subject, which states that you can change buttons.

http://drupal.org/node/606404 to find out why CKEditor and Wysiwyg are separate efforts (although you can use CKEditor just fine with Wysiwyg).

I would be inclined to stay with Wysiwyg so that you can change the editors (i.e. the JavaScript libraries for them) without having to replace the Drupal modules.

Answer 2

The CKeditor module gives you much more detailed control over the editor windows, user level permissions and the available buttons for each of them. The WSYIWYG API allows you to use the basic on / off editor window for text fields throughout the site. Button profiles are based on input types (filtered and full HTML). The advantages of the API module are that it is not limited to one editor (there are 10 or so) and is very easy to configure.

The Ckeditor module is harder to configure and, of course, not for most implementations, but it is very nice to have this module if you need this level of control.

Answer 3

In my experience, using a Wysiwyg module was the best solution.
In some special cases (mainly when editing was inside an Ajaxed page), using ckeditor was a bad chioce.
When using Wysiwyg, replacing the editor alone was not a difficult task, which quickly fixed several problems.

Therefore, for future situations that you did not even think about - use the Wysiwyg module.

Answer 4

Using the WYSIWYG module will allow you to switch to another editor quite easily if you find the one you prefer (or if new ones enter the market).

Answer 5

RE: WYSIWYG module using the CKEditor library and CKEditor module

I found that the former only allowed the following toolbar;

_{(source: johnathanthwaites.info )}

Later had much more like font color, flash embed, spell check etc.

Later there was much more, like font color, flash insertion, spellchecking, etc.
_{(source: johnathanthwaites.info )}

Did a full explanation here;

Link to CKeditor