WordPress 2.1 - More on those Editor Options

Posted on February 11, 2007 28 Comments

A week and a half ago I wrote an article about the "hidden" advanced features in the WordPress 2.1 wysiwyg editor. I mentioned the support forum thread where I learned about this and there has been some interesting discussions there recently.

I wondered if I could at least get the button to toggle the toolbar to show up all the time -- without modifying core files. I don't want the advanced bar there all the time, but I thought it would be cool to show the toggle to make it easier for more browsers/platforms to get at it.

A quick peek at the Plugin API/Hooks documentation shows that there are some mce hooks (TinyMCE is what is used for the wysiwyg editor).

[updated!] Ignore this tripe. Check out Mark Steel's comment below for a proper function

I have the beginnings of something interesting now, but it isn't quite perfect...

PLAIN TEXT

PHP:

/*
Plugin Name: Visualize Advanced Features
Plugin URI: http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2007/02/11/wordpress-21-more-on-those-editor-options/
Description: Show the advanced options button all the time
Version: .01
Author: Chris Kasten, aka HandySolo
Author URI: http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/
*/
add_filter('mce_buttons', 'st_addAdvanced', 0);
function st_addAdvanced($buttons) {
unset($buttons[22]);
array_push($buttons, 'wp_adv');
return $buttons;
}
?>

Toss that in a .php file, lob it into your plugins directory and activate it.
Visit the Write Posts screen and you'll see a new button at the right end. Clicking it shows the advanced toolbar! However, my button then gets moved to a 3rd row. Obviously, I have some layout issues.

If you can improve it, run wild and drop a link here to your improved version.

Tags: blog, editor, plugin, support, tip, WordPress, wysiwyg

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28 Responses to “WordPress 2.1 - More on those Editor Options”

» pingback » WordPress 2.1 - More Editor Options » Solo Technology on February 11th, 2007 8:13 am
annette on February 12th, 2007 3:05 pm

you’re my hero. I was going crazy wondering “where are the rest of the buttons?!” I couldn’t believe I saw no one else screaming about this sooner…
thanks
Chris on February 12th, 2007 6:51 pm

Annette - Hero! Thank you kindly.
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Tom Johnson on February 16th, 2007 7:06 pm

I tried putting that into a php file and uploading it to my plugins folder, but I couldn’t get it to work. Am I doing something wrong?
Chris on February 16th, 2007 7:35 pm

Hi Tom, I added proper opening and closing php tags to my little snippet above. See if that makes a difference?
Artemis on February 21st, 2007 1:33 pm

w00t! Thank you for the plugin… it works great!!
xinfo on February 22nd, 2007 11:19 pm

Hi solo

with out plugin my button’s are not visable i thought this plugin will help me but still same problem

Nice plugin for those who need extra option

I tried in local system work well
Mark Steel on February 27th, 2007 6:27 pm

Change the function to something a little less esoteric — simplicity rules the day:

function st_addAdvanced($buttons) {
$x=$buttons[21];
$buttons[21]=’wp_adv’;
$buttons[22]=$x;
return $buttons;
}
Chris on February 27th, 2007 7:06 pm

Lol! My weak php-fu is exposed yet again.

Mark, I think you’re on to something there but the example you gave causes me to lose the wp-adv button altogether.

Or maybe I need to see if it is still in the array with 2.1.1 …?
Chris on February 27th, 2007 7:08 pm

… or I’m a doofus and let Notepad mangle the single-quotes.

Fresh install, gotta find time to get Notepad++ back on here!

Works great!
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Mark Steel on February 27th, 2007 10:07 pm

Awww, man, I’m sorry. I totally didn’t mean it like that. Like I said, your thing wasn’t anything wrong … just … heavy-handed. *grin*

Glad it’s working. But, remember, yours worked, too.
Mark Steel on February 28th, 2007 11:04 am

Hey, I have a better idea — you call it 0.2 and drop my name and link in the credit.
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Joe on February 28th, 2007 3:24 pm

Got a question for you, how do you get iG:Syntax Hiliter to not put blank lines in between the line number?
Chris on February 28th, 2007 3:42 pm

Mark - Stay tuned…

Joe - Just lucky I guess. I don’t recall tweaking the CSS at all. Perhaps your theme has some stylesheet stuff impacting it?
» pingback » First Release: Visualize Advanced Features » Solo Technology on February 28th, 2007 4:55 pm
Chris on February 28th, 2007 10:13 pm

Joe - Yikes! I went to have a look and your blog is empty!
Joe on February 28th, 2007 10:20 pm

Thanks… Its been doing that all day. Can’t figure out why though. All my other blogs are working fine. Should be back up in a minute.
June on March 5th, 2007 10:44 am

I tried it on WP2.1.2, it shows nothing more on the Editor bar….
Chris on March 5th, 2007 10:53 am

I assume you’re using the plugin linked at the top of this page? I promise, it works with 2.1.2.

After activating the plugin, you might need to refresh or clear your browser cache. With many browsers, ctrl-F5 is the shortcut to do that. Try it while on the Write Posts page and see what happens.
Mike In WNY on March 9th, 2007 1:37 am

I’m also running WP 2.1.2 and having no luck with the extra buttons showing up. I installed the plugin on another blog I maintain that uses WP 2.1 and it is fine.
Mike In WNY on March 9th, 2007 1:44 am

Ignore my last comment. I redownloaded the file and reinstalled it, now it works. Go figure.
Joe on April 1st, 2007 10:49 am

Hi,
I fixed the problem, it was K2. I added one line to the CSS and everything is working fine. Thanks…
kaiser on September 23rd, 2007 5:12 am

Hi Mr. Solo again,
i worked tinymce into one of my sites some days ago. perfect! here´s my contribution-link to this post:

maxpower[DOT]ca/
how-to-add-buttons-to-
the-wordpress-editor-for-
your-plugin-theme/2006/10/28/

enjoy!
Chris on September 24th, 2007 8:35 pm

Hey Kaiser, thanks for sharing the link.

WordPress 2.3 adds a button that means you won’t need to remember this shortcut anymore