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by timmfin 5812 days ago
I like the idea, but you can't even insert a link with the editor. I assume it is just an oversight because it would make perfect sense to have an insert link button right next to the insert table button. Kind of a large omission though, especially if you are claiming HTML WYSIWYG. (And what about images?)
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Hi timmfin, you are right. We don’t have a working link example yet. This is because of the concept we’d like to follow editing content. We don’t want to handle link’s as special elements. A link is A tag but the rest is like any other tag in a HTML document with the need to edit the SRC attribute. It also makes sense to enable Users to edit other elements like ABBR, CITE, etc. and a lot more specially when it comes to semantic annotation of content. Therefore we want to put a special attention to the editing of attributes like the SRC attribute of the A tag. I hope we can come up with that soon.

The same thing when it comes to insert any image or even other resources like automatic list from databases, slideshows, flash videos and the more. We are experimenting with a “block” concept which enables the user to insert non editable blocks like the above and handle their content. Still you will need to write an plugin to the resource source of your choice.

Thank you.