Joomla editor plugin development

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I'm trying to make a plugin for each administration page with editor fields i.e. on the new article page or the new category page.

I'm not sure how exactly I should arrange this. It is a must that the triggers already exist i.e. I don't want to edit any template files.

So I have to use one of these then:

  • system type
  • content type
  • editors type
  • editors-xtd type

Where should I put this plugin? A system plugin might work but then the plugin gets triggered on each page which I find not the best

The content type won't get triggered at all.

The Editors type doesn't work either.

The editors-xtd works but it wants a button back as a return vale and I dont have a button because the plugin is mostly javascript based and automatic

What else can I use?

Thanks

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joomlajoomla2.5joomla-extensions

1 Answers

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Even though you're talking about a plugin, if you're talking about the editor field Joomla has it built in using JForm:

XML

<field name="test1" 
  label ="Test Field" 
  type="editor" 
  width="300" 
  filter="safehtml" 
/>

(Note: editor, not editors) See this link for more information. Also, looks like this page was just put up yesterday - probably also has more information that could be useful since it sounds like a component may be more useful to you than a plugin.