This component can be found in upcoming 4.1.0.Milestone1 release and is mostly feature complete with exception of skinning which will fit to rest of component suite - this functionality is targeted for Milestone 2.
Editor component is using CKEditor implementation internally and it is able to switch between two configurations of toolbar set: basic and full.
It also integrates nicely with rest of JSF 2, thus you can bind e.g. behavior for event denoting the editor content has been changed:
<rich:editor toolbar="full" value="#{article.text}">
<a4j:ajax event="change" action="#{article.save}" />
</rich:editor>
It is important to note that Editor uses resource handling servlet for obtaining own resources. You don’t require any additional configuration to set it up when working with Servlet 3.0 - everything will be registered automatically for you.
However in Servlet 2.5 and older environments, it is necessary to register this servlet manually in web.xml:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Resource Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.richfaces.webapp.ResourceServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Resource Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/org.richfaces.resources/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
I would appreciate your feedback on forums, how this component stands.
You can also watch what is being planned for future.
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