CKEditor toolbar configuration not working

Question

I recently started working with CKEditor, but the toolbar has functions we will not be using.

I tried copying the code from the online toolbar configuration, but the toolbar doesn't change.

my config.js file looks like this:

CKEDITOR.editorConfig = function( config ) {
    config.toolbarGroups = [
        { name: 'document', groups: [ 'mode', 'document', 'doctools' ] },
        { name: 'clipboard', groups: [ 'clipboard', 'undo' ] },
        { name: 'editing', groups: [ 'find', 'selection', 'spellchecker', 'editing' ] },
        { name: 'forms', groups: [ 'forms' ] },
        '/',
        { name: 'basicstyles', groups: [ 'basicstyles', 'cleanup' ] },
        { name: 'paragraph', groups: [ 'list', 'indent', 'blocks', 'align', 'bidi', 'paragraph' ] },
        { name: 'links', groups: [ 'links' ] },
        { name: 'insert', groups: [ 'insert' ] },
        '/',
        { name: 'styles', groups: [ 'styles' ] },
        { name: 'colors', groups: [ 'colors' ] },
        { name: 'tools', groups: [ 'tools' ] },
        { name: 'others', groups: [ 'others' ] },
        { name: 'about', groups: [ 'about' ] }
    ];

    config.removeButtons = 'Save,NewPage,Preview,Print,Replace,Form,Checkbox,Radio,TextField,Textarea,Select,Button,ImageButton,HiddenField,Superscript,Subscript,Language,Anchor,Flash,PageBreak,About';
};

which was copies directly from the configuration tool. After the above, I tried pasting the code into the initialization function like the following block:

jQuery(function() 
{   
    var editor = CKEDITOR.replace( 'message',
    {
        extraPlugins : 'stylesheetparser',
        extraPlugins : 'filebrowser',
        extraPlugins : 'popup',
        //contentsCss : '<?= base_url(); ?>css/layout.css',
         config.toolbarGroups = [
            { name: 'document', groups: [ 'mode', 'document', 'doctools' ] },
            { name: 'clipboard', groups: [ 'clipboard', 'undo' ] },
            { name: 'editing', groups: [ 'find', 'selection', 'spellchecker', 'editing' ] },
            { name: 'forms', groups: [ 'forms' ] },
            '/',
            { name: 'basicstyles', groups: [ 'basicstyles', 'cleanup' ] },
            { name: 'paragraph', groups: [ 'list', 'indent', 'blocks', 'align', 'bidi', 'paragraph' ] },
            { name: 'links', groups: [ 'links' ] },
            { name: 'insert', groups: [ 'insert' ] },
            '/',
            { name: 'styles', groups: [ 'styles' ] },
            { name: 'colors', groups: [ 'colors' ] },
            { name: 'tools', groups: [ 'tools' ] },
            { name: 'others', groups: [ 'others' ] },
            { name: 'about', groups: [ 'about' ] }
        ],
        config.removeButtons = 'Save,NewPage,Preview,Print,Replace,Form,Checkbox,Radio,TextField,Textarea,Select,Button,ImageButton,HiddenField,Superscript,Subscript,Language,Anchor,Flash,PageBreak,About'
    });

    CKFinder.setupCKEditor(editor);
});

I also tried simply to show one part of the toolbar like this:

CKEDITOR.editorConfig = function( config ) {
         config.toolbar = [
        { name: 'clipboard', groups: [ 'clipboard', 'undo' ], items: [ 'Cut', 'Copy', 'Paste', 'PasteText', 'PasteFromWord', '-', 'Undo', 'Redo' ] }
    ];

    // Toolbar groups configuration.
    config.toolbarGroups = [
        { name: 'clipboard', groups: [ 'clipboard', 'undo' ] }
    ];
};

None of the above changed anything in the toolbar, so I am not sure if I overlooked something.

Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Please make sure you properly define your configuration - check the Setting CKEditor Configuration article for some code examples. Some of the mistakes you are doing:

• Mixing up config.optionName and optionName.
• Declaring extraPlugins multiple times - you should put all extra plugins into one declaration: config.extraPlugins = 'myplugin,anotherplugin';

Also check some of the CKEditor SDK samples for examples - if you open any of them (like this one), scroll down to the "Get Sample Source Code" section and grab the source code to copy.

Last but not least, use the JavaScript console of your browser to check for errors and clear the cache after each change!

And finally, it makes little sense to download a bloated CKEditor package and then remove plugins/buttons in your configuration - better create a custom build in CKBuilder.