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Hi Shawn,

This tool is a great idea and much needed in Canvas LMS. Is this repo up to date?

I've installed it, but toggle_editor.js is struggling with console errors.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. i.e

A. forget it, start again
B. No it's good - fix the dependency issues and rock on

Cheers
Sonya

Gesso editor appears on the course detail page under course settings, TurnItIn comments text entry box:

Example URL:

https://seattleu.instructure.com/courses/1325968/settings

Screenshot:

http://screencast.com/t/Ikqrnqm8

The URL parameters should be updated to exclude the help and community sites at:

https://help.instructure.com

I don't anticipate a need for the editor when replying to discussion threads or submitting tickets; in fact the editor could be seen as an annoyance for system administrators.

Changing to the default editor, making changes and then saving seems to have no effect. It appears that the plugin is interfering with the functionality of the default editor despite the switch.

The editor controls are appearing within rubrics that are viewable but not editable by students:

http://screencast.com/t/4PjcfNjsaQWJ
https://seattleu.instructure.com/courses/1158949/assignments/3748715

Switching to the default editor and then trying to edit the HTML directly is prevented.

When saving via the default editor, some data gets "validated" into oblivion. Here is a case:

<object data="https://www.timetoast.com/flash/TimelineViewer.swf?passedTimelines=102022" height="400" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="900">
    <param name="passedTimelines" value="104044" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
    <param name="src" value="http://www.timetoast.com/flash/TimelineViewer.swf?passedTimelines=102022" />
    <param name="passedtimelines" value="104044" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
</object>

With this embed code, the default text editor (TinyMCE) in Canvas removes the HTTPS from the URLs, causing breakage. 👎

We should be able to provide a "Save Save" button in the right sidebar that automatically switches to CKEDITOR and then saves, preserving the formatting and code the user has specified.

Gesso is appearing alongside the default editor in announcements, available within account settings. You can see this if you go to your prep space account and click settings, announcements. I am wondering if there is a way to restrict the editor to function only where the Rich Text Editor appears within course objects?

The first Settings feature I plan to implement will be a set of settings to allow users to choose the tools they wish to use in the CKEDITOR replacement on the extension settings page.

Settings will be broken out into feature groups, and dependent settings will be grouped together (so if you want a tool that is dependent on another plugin, then those two will be turned on and off together).