CKEditor for rails asset pipeline

CKEditor is a library for WYSIWYG editor to be used inside web pages.

The ckeditor_rails gem integrates the CKEditor with the Rails asset pipeline.

And it would work with following environments:

• ruby 1.9.3+
• rails 3.0+

Basic Usage

Install ckeditor_rails gem

Include ckeditor_rails in Gemefile

gem 'ckeditor_rails'

Then run bundle install

Include CKEditor javascript assets

Add to your app/assets/javascripts/application.js after //= require jquery_ujs to work with jQuery

//= require ckeditor-jquery

Modify form field for CKEditor

Add ckeditor class to text area tag

<%= f.text_area :content, :class => 'ckeditor' %>

Deployment

Since version 4.1.3, non-digested assets of ckeditor-rails will simply be copied after digested assets were compiled.

Eric Anderson, thanks.

Advanced Usage

Include customized configuration javascript for CKEditor

Add your app/assets/javascripts/ckeditor/config.js.coffee like

CKEDITOR.editorConfig = (config) ->
  config.language = "zh"
  config.uiColor = "#AADC6E"
  true

Include customized CKEDITOR_BASEPATH setting

Add your app/assets/javascripts/ckeditor/basepath.js.erb like

<%
  base_path = ''
  if ENV['PROJECT'] =~ /editor/i
    base_path << "/#{Rails.root.basename.to_s}/"
  end
  base_path << Rails.application.config.assets.prefix
  base_path << '/ckeditor/'
%>
var CKEDITOR_BASEPATH = '<%= base_path %>';

Include customized stylesheet for contents of CKEditor

Add your app/assets/stylesheets/ckeditor/contents.css.scss like

body {
  font-size: 14px;
  color: gray;
  background-color: yellow;
}
ol,ul,dl {
  *margin-right:0px;
  padding:4 20px;
}

Gem maintenance

Maintain ckeditor_rails gem with Rake commands.

Update origin CKEditor source files.

rake update_ckeditor VERSION=4.2

Publish gem.

rake release

License

CKEditor use CKEditor license.

Other parts of gem use MIT license.