The subject of Chunks and Rich Text Editors was brought up at MODXpo Europe recently and Ryan mentioned that it shouldn't be a problem. Is there any movement on that for the next release?
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Chunks and RTE?? Chunks are pieces of HTML with some logic and RTE is a content editting thing.. so I think you've mixed up things..
Why do you want Chunks to be a RTE?
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It is a common enough request. Chunks can be blocks of content that are used globally, such as a masthead or a footer, as well as blocks for sidebars. I personally don't like using an RTE for these, since they usually have a lot of HTML structure and I don't like to have that hidden; it's too easy to break a set of divs or other structural elements while editing content when you can't see them. ACE or CodeMirror is good, though.
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Yeah that's what I mean Susan!
Chunks should not be a RTE...
If you want an extra RTE field you can create a TV for it
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Because content editors and users want RTE for editing chunks, which often actually contain content.
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Quote from: bertoost at Dec 14, 2012, 02:55 PMYeah that's what I mean Susan!
Chunks should not be a RTE...
If you want an extra RTE field you can create a TV for it
Yes, but for those special times, let's say for example; a seasonal chunk that's used once a year with information that will change (an address, date, image, etc.) and need editing by "someone", leaving a TV in the template would be a bit of overkill and waste space. Especially for a chunk that might be used in the content area or within a RTE TV even, just once a year, or infrequently.
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I'm not making a permanent request in the template for a TV that may or may not be used and injected into the content area, perhaps once a year. Even if it's to be used in say, a sidebar RTE TV, the chunk itself does not need a permanent TV. I'm also not making a whole resource to fetch a field from for said chunk.
There's no reason to request it all the time in the template if it's only needed for a few weeks a year. Why waste template requests that aren't used much? Better to make that content a chunk, and instruct an editor to plunk it into the content area after updating the chunk's information when they need to use it. They want RTE everywhere.
There's so many ways to do the same thing in MODX, we can pick and choose what works best for the end users. Personally, I do not want to be called every time an editor encounters html and hasn't a clue how to edit it. RTE makes them happy, html does not (although it does remind them that websites are not created with magic and spells, always a good thing).
