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The standard WYSIWYG editors in Concrete CMS are Redactor (in concrete5 version 7) and CKEditor (in concrete5 version 8).

CKEditor

CKEditor is a rich text editor designed for writing content directly inside of web pages. You will find two forms of CKEditor in concrete: the inline editor and classic editor. Below you will find a list of the CKEditor plugins that are enabled by default and a brief description of what they do.

Inline Editor

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Top Row

  • Source (toggle to view and edit HTML source)
  • Save (saves the current changes in the editor)
  • Cancel (cancels any of the current changes and takes the block out of edit mode)
  • Cut (removes the selected elements and places them in the clipboard)
  • Copy (copies the selected elements to the clipboard)
  • Paste (pastes the current clipboard contents into the editor at the cursor point)
  • Undo (undoes the most recent command)
  • Redo (redoes the most recent command that has been undone)
  • Bold (makes selected text bolder by wrapping the text in elements)
  • Italic (italicises selected text by wrapping the text in elements)
  • Underline (underlines selected text by wrapping the text in elements)
  • Strikethrough (puts a line through selected text by wrapping the text in elements)
  • Subscript (lowers and decreases size  of selected text by wrapping the text in elements)
  • Superscript (raises and decreases size of selected text by wrapping the text in elements)
  • Remove Format (removes formatting from selected elements)
  • Insert/Remove Numbered List (toggle an ordered list by wrapping and unwrapping selected text in
    elements)
  • Insert/Remove Bullet List (toggle an unordered list by wrapping and unwrapping selected text in
    elements)

Bottom Row

  • Decrease Indent (adds a -40px margin to the selected element - margin-left or margin-right depending on the text direction)
  • Increase Indent (adds a +40px margin to the selected element - margin-left or margin-right depending on the text direction)
  • Align Left (left aligns selected element(s) by using style="text-align: left;")
  • Center (center aligns selected element(s) by using style="text-align: center;")
  • Align Right (right aligns selected element(s) by using style="text-align: right;")
  • Justify (increases space between words to fill area by using style="text-align: justify;")
  • Link (adds a link to selected element(s) by wrapping them in )
  • Unlink (removes link from selected elements)
  • Anchor (adds an anchor link to an element)
  • Image (adds an image and allows you to specify advanced image properties)
  • Table (adds an HTML table and dialog for editing its properties)
  • Snippets (allows selection of pre-defined HTML snippets)
  • Formatting Styles (apply custom styles defined in your theme)
  • Paragraph Format (apply block level format styles including paragraph, heading 1-6, formatted, address, etc.)
  • Show Blocks (puts an outline around block level elements and labels them with the element type)

Classic Editor

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Top Row

  • Source (toggle to view and edit HTML source)
  • Save (saves the current changes in the editor)
  • Cancel (cancels any of the current changes and takes the block out of edit mode)
  • Cut (removes the selected elements and places them in the clipboard)
  • Copy (copies the selected elements to the clipboard)
  • Paste (pastes the current clipboard contents into the editor at the cursor point)
  • Undo (undoes the most recent command)
  • Redo (redoes the most recent command that has been undone)
  • Bold (makes selected text bolder by wrapping the text in elements)
  • Italic (italicises selected text by wrapping the text in elements)
  • Underline (underlines selected text by wrapping the text in elements)
  • Strikethrough (puts a line through selected text by wrapping the text in elements)
  • Subscript (lowers and decreases size  of selected text by wrapping the text in elements)
  • Superscript (raises and decreases size of selected text by wrapping the text in elements)
  • Remove Format (removes formatting from selected elements)
  • Insert/Remove Numbered List (toggle an ordered list by wrapping and unwrapping selected text in
    elements)
  • Insert/Remove Bullet List (toggle an unordered list by wrapping and unwrapping selected text in
    elements)
  • Decrease Indent (adds a -40px margin to the selected element - margin-left or margin-right depending on the text direction)
  • Increase Indent (adds a +40px margin to the selected element - margin-left or margin-right depending on the text direction)

Bottom Row

  • Align Left (left aligns selected element(s) by using style="text-align: left;")
  • Center (center aligns selected element(s) by using style="text-align: center;")
  • Align Right (right aligns selected element(s) by using style="text-align: right;")
  • Justify (increases space between words to fill area by using style="text-align: justify;")
  • Link (adds a link to selected element(s) by wrapping them in )
  • Unlink (removes link from selected elements)
  • Anchor (adds an anchor link to an element)
  • Image (adds an image and allows you to specify advanced image properties)
  • Table (adds an HTML table and dialog for editing its properties)
  • Snippets (allows selection of pre-defined HTML snippets)
  • Formatting Styles (apply custom styles defined in your theme)
  • Paragraph Format (apply block level format styles including paragraph, heading 1-6, formatted, address, etc.)
  • Show Blocks (puts an outline around block level elements and labels them with the element type)

CKEditor plugins can be managed on the Rich Text Editor dashboard page.