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[HOW-TO - vB4] Create a Custom Button for CK Editor (no file edits)
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This article explains how to add or remove buttons from CKEditor by using Ckeditor and vBulletin plugins. No standard file edits needed.

To add a button to CKEditor, you need to create a CKE plugin. This is an example code for such a plugin. It will add "Hello World" to the editor and spawn a JS alert.
Important note: This article is on the technique of adding a button, not on how you will get your button to do whatever it is you want it to do. There are plenty sites out there that give support for CKEditor plugins. The CKE API documentation can be found here.



First step: Create the CKEditor plugin

The editor plugin files reside in the folder [forumroot]/clientscript/ckeplugins. Create a new folder in there. For the purpose of this article, I'll name it celButtonDemo. Inside that folder, create a file called plugin.js. So you end up with this:
[forumroot]/clientscript/ckeplugins/celButtonDemo/plugin.js
Important note: Please take notice that "celButtonDemo" will have to be replaced in the folder name and in the following code examples accordingly!.

Inside plugin.js goes the plugin code:
Code:
CKEDITOR.plugins.add( 'celButtonDemo',
{
	init : function( editor )
	{
		// This adds the button
		editor.ui.addButton('celButtonDemo',
		{
			// label: adds a hover text to the button. This uses the vBulletin
			// phrase "celButtonDemo" which you will have to add to your phrases
			// and to pass to CKE in a plugin
			label : editor.config.vbulletin.phrase.celButtonDemo,
			// command: the command that will be executed. It's defined later
			// in this file
			command : 'celButtonDemo',
			// icon: The path to the icon file you want to use for your button.
			// Here we use buttonimage.png in the buttons directory defined for
			// the current style (default: /images/editor)
			icon: BBURL + '/' + IMGDIR_BUTTON + '/celButtonDemo.png',
		});

		// This defines the command that's executed when the button is clicked
		editor.addCommand('celButtonDemo',
		{
			// modes: decide in what editor modes the button will be active;
			// set to 0 to grey it out
			modes : { enhancedsource:1, wysiwyg:1 },
			// Execute your JS Code - CKE offers a great API:
			exec: function(editor){
				alert('Hello world!');
				editor.insertHtml( 'Hello World! - Hello World!' );
			}
		});
	}
});


Second step: vB Operations - register your button, add it to the toolbar, and more

In a second step we will create two vB plugins and a vB phrase. You should bundle all that together to a product, to have it all nicely together.

Let's start with the phrase: Go to AdminCP, create a phrase in the CKEditor phrase group, and name it CelButtonDemo. Enter "Hello World, hello Button" - or whatever. Save. Done.

Then create a new plugin at hook "editor_construct". This will add our button to the CKE configuration.

PHP Code:
// Add our button to the extra plugins loaded
$this->config['_extraPlugins'] .= ',celButtonDemo';
// Register our phrase for the label of our button (see second step)
$this->config['vbulletin']['phrase']['celButtonDemo'] = $this->vbphrase['celButtonDemo']; 
OK, now let's create the second plugin at hook "editor_toolbar_filter":
In this example, our button will be inserted after the Quote-Button. Your options to place the button can be found in /vb/ckeditor.php. See line 7 in the following code:

PHP Code:
foreach ($toolbar AS &$row)
{
    if (
is_array($row))
    {
        foreach (
$row AS $id => $cmd)
        {
            if (
$cmd == 'Quote')
            {
                
$row array_merge(array_slice($row0$id+1),  array('celButtonDemo'), array_slice($row$id+1));
                break;
            }
        }
    }

Last, not least, we need a nice little icon for our button. Upload that to /images/buttons and name it celButtonsDemo.png. Dimensions: 21x21 px.



Result (Screencast):
http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/clnqDcazQ



Removing buttons

The technique used above to add the button can also be used to remove a button. Example: Removing the image button would look like that (hook "editor_toolbar_filter")

PHP Code:
foreach ($toolbar AS &$row)
{
    if (
is_array($row))
    {
        foreach (
$row AS $id => $cmd)
        {
            if (
$cmd == 'Image')
            {
                
array_splice($row,$id,1);
                break;
            }    
        }
    }

Please note that removing the button will not render the attached bbcode inactive! However, you can use
PHP Code:
$this->config['_removePlugins'] .= ',celButtonDemo'
at hook editor_construct to remove plugins.



Restricting buttons by editor-mode or usergroup

You have everything available to you in the vB-universe to restrict access to your button, just extend the if-condition. You can restrict by usergroup, or you can show a button only in a certain editor

The editor mode can be queried via $this->editor_type in plugins at editor_toolbar_filter:
fe = full
qr = quick reply
qe = quick edit
cms_article

Example:

PHP Code:
foreach ($toolbar AS &$row)
{
    
// Condition extended: show new button only to Mods, Supermods, Admins and
    // only in Quick Reply Editor:
    
if (is_array($row) AND is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'], 567) AND $this->editor_type == 'qr' )
    {
        foreach (
$row AS $id => $cmd)
        {
            if (
$cmd == 'Quote')
            {
                
$row array_merge(array_slice($row0$id+1),  array('celButtonDemo'), array_slice($row$id+1));
                break;
            }
        }
    }


Have fun!
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A lot of people will find this helpful. :up:

Great article!
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Nice! Thanks for taking the time to write this all out.
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Thought I'd save everyone else some time and effort.
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Thanks Cellarius for the neat writeup!
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this is real nice coding...thanks a lot
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Hi all, i don't know if this is the correct place, but i want to ask here.... This hack is super, but i have only need to add the "code" (standard vbulletin bbcode) in my QR - QE.

I have addedd in my qe and qr my custom bbcode (like spoiler for example) just adding this plugin via vbulletin ACP
Code:
if ($this->editor_type == 'qr' || $this->editor_type == 'qe')
{
$this->addCustomToolbarButtons();
}
on the editor_construct hook. It's work fine for me.... but i have triyed to add the "code" button in my QE and QR without fortune .... Nobody can suggest me how to add just only the code button in qr and qe? Thanks
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Quote:
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Nobody can suggest me how to add just only the code button in qr and qe? Thanks
Did you try what I have written in my Quick Tip here - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=265865
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Yes i did.... but please lynne, can u check my last post if mine it is a correct solution? Thanks
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Great article, and I was able to accomplish what I wanted to accomplish for a single button. However, what if I wanted to add 3-4 buttons? Do I need to create unique JS files and plug-in's for each?
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