andy_woz

Ok I’ve had some luck with this added to functions.php

/**
 * Add Tiny MCE editor to textareas used by custom_field_gui
 */

function change_mode_cf( $init ) {
    $edmode = 'specific_textareas';
	$init['mode'] = $edmode;
    return $init;
}
add_filter('tiny_mce_before_init', 'change_mode_cf');

function change_select_cf( $init2 ) {
    $edselect = 'mceEditor';
	$init2['editor_selector'] = $edselect;
    return $init2;
}
add_filter('tiny_mce_before_init', 'change_select_cf');

If anyone knows how to squeeze both changes to the init array into one filter that would be fantastic.

The bonus here is that the changes are now part of your theme and you don’t have to worry about core files anymore.

Just a note that as of 2.7 this no longer works. The $initArray in tiny_mce_config.php is no longer used.

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On #2, I’d also like to see if someone has an answer to this. I have a custom field that is used to generate sidebar content in WP. When you enter the info for the first time and publish the page, line breaks and paragraph breaks are good. If you make further edits and re-save the line breaks disappear and it all forms one big chunk. I’ve got a tinyMCE editor on my custom field and everything, it’s great. This really does throw a spanner in the works though. How do we replicate the regular post writing field successfully

As far as I know the data from the custom fields is stored in the wp_postmetatda table in the database it has the same type value, ‘longtext’ as does regular post content so that’s not the answer.

There must be something ‘Special’ about regular post content and teh way WP translates it to the DB.

Any answers out there?

Obviously I’d rather not hack any of the core wp files. I don’t want to watch out for them at upgrade time.

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I’m actually surprised that this doesn’t have proper support out of the box in WP yet. The more WP is used as a CMS the more this feature would be worthwhile. There are probably other ways to do this so if you have found one, please share it with us. Not sure if this will help you or not. You will need to do some hand coding.

I have had some success using rc_custom_field gui from rhymed code

With this plug in installed a couple of quick edits are required to a couple of the files.

If you are using pages, edit rc-custom-field-gui.php and add:

add_action( 'edit_page_form', array( 'rc_custom_field_gui', 'insert_gui' ) );

after line 42.

In rc-custom-field-gui.class.php find the secton that deals with text areas and add class=”mceEditor” to the textarea generating code around line 138 so that it reads:

$out =
      '<tr style="padding-bottom:30px;">' .
      '<th scope="row" valign="top">' . $title . ' </th>' .
      '<td> <textarea id="' . $name . '" name="' . $name . '" type="textfield" rows="' .$rows. '" cols="' .$cols. '" class="mceEditor">' .attribute_escape($value). '</textarea></td>' .
      '</tr>' . '<tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp</td></tr>';
    return $out;

With those two things set, go to wp-includes > js > tinymce > tiny_mce_config.php and around line 137 (tinyMce init settings) change the first two init. lines to read:

'mode' => 'specific_textareas',
'editor_selector'  => 'mceEditor',

Make sure the plugin in activated and empty your cache. Refresh your edit posts/pages.

Remember to re-edit the tinyMce config file if you change any core files when you upgrade to a new version of WP.

Best of luck

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