Question

Is it possible to load data into the ckeditor without using JQuery? I would like to use an inline script tag for this if possible. All of the examples I can find deal with Jquery and that isn’t optimal in my case.

What I have so far is the example I found on CKs site:

CKEDITOR.instances.editor1.setData( '<p>Some other editor data.</p>', function()
    {
        this.checkDirty();  // true
    });

I’ve tried to use this with an inline script tag but it crashes the editor. If I use this in JQuery, it will work as expected.

Answer 1

Here is an example using CKEDITOR API without using jQuery. Please observe the call to replace function which initializes the “editor1” instance of the CKEDITOR with the textarea content. I think that would be the easiest way to populate the content onload, but if that will not suffice, you can see I’ve used the code in your question to populate the CKEDITOR with “Some other editor data.”

HTML:

<textarea id="editor1">
    Hello, world!
</textarea>​

Javascript:

CKEDITOR.replace( 'editor1', {
    toolbar: 'Basic',
    uiColor: '#9AB8F3'
});
CKEDITOR.instances.editor1.setData( '<p>Some other editor data.</p>', function()
{
    this.checkDirty();  // true
});

​

http://jsfiddle.net/cDzqp/