How to disable CKeditor with jQuery

I am using CKEditor in my web application and need to disable/enable the editor from javascript. I know that there is an option called readOnly but I don't know how to set it from jQuery.

Does anybody know how to disable and e开发者_如何学Pythonnable back the CKEditor using jQuery please?

The easiest way:

To disable CKEditor:

CKEDITOR.instances['TEXTAREA_NAME'].setReadOnly(true);

To enable CKEditor:

CKEDITOR.instances['TEXTAREA_NAME'].setReadOnly(false);

I am using it in codeigniter. In the view file I am using it like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function() {
        CKEDITOR.config.readOnly = true;
    });
</script>

I assume you are using the CKE's jQuery adapter, so you can use .ckeditorGet() jQuery function to quickly access the CKEditor's API.

To switch a running editor instance in read only mode, use the setReadOnly editor function:

$( _your_textarea_ ).ckeditorGet().setReadOnly();

To switch it back into writable use:

.setReadOnly( false );

You can also use readOnly configuration value, when you are firing up your editor to start it in readonly mode right away:

$( _your_textarea_ ).ckeditor({
    readOnly: true
});

Assuming you have included jQuery adapter following code should make it readonly. You can take the jQuery adapter from the example if not yet included.

<div class="wrapper">
    <form id="myfrm" name="myfrm" class="myfrm" action="" method="post">
        <textarea id="myeditor" name="myeditor"></textarea>
        <input type="submit" id="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
    </form>
</div>​

and the js

$(document).ready(function(e) {
    var myeditor = $('#myeditor');
    myeditor.ckeditor();
    myeditor.ckeditorGet().config.resize_enabled = false;
    myeditor.ckeditorGet().config.height = 200;
    myeditor.ckeditorGet().config.readOnly = true;
});

To enable or disable a ckeditor based on your selection of a select box you'd have to make a change event like this

$(document).ready(function(){
    //put ckeditor initialization (the above) here.
    $('#myselect').change(function(){
         var x = $(this);
         if(x.val()=='enable'){
             myeditor.removeAttr('disabled');           
         }else if(x.val()=='disable'){
             myeditor.attr('disabled','disabled');            
         }
         myeditor.ckeditorGet().destroy();
         myeditor.ckeditor();
    });
});

What we are doing above is setting the original element to have attribute disabled="disabled" and reloading ckeditor after destroying the current instance. Check the JSFiddle Example 2.

JSFiddle Example to reflect OP's query

I think you haven't read that documentation properly...it says that Ckeditor has some instance name, and with that instance name in the tag of the page set InstanceNameOfCkEditor.config.readOnly = true;

http://docs.cksource.com/ckeditor_api/symbols/CKEDITOR.editor.html#setReadOnly

From: cksource forums

// Temporary workaround for providing editor 'read-only' toggling functionality. 
( function()
{
   var cancelEvent = function( evt )
      {
         evt.cancel();
      };

   CKEDITOR.editor.prototype.readOnly = function( isReadOnly )
   {
      // Turn off contentEditable.
      this.document.$.body.disabled = isReadOnly;
      CKEDITOR.env.ie ? this.document.$.body.contentEditable = !isReadOnly
      : this.document.$.designMode = isReadOnly ? "off" : "on";

      // Prevent key handling.
      this[ isReadOnly ? 'on' : 'removeListener' ]( 'key', cancelEvent, null, null, 0 );
      this[ isReadOnly ? 'on' : 'removeListener' ]( 'selectionChange', cancelEvent, null, null, 0 );

      // Disable all commands in wysiwyg mode.
      var command,
         commands = this._.commands,
         mode = this.mode;

      for ( var name in commands )
      {
         command = commands[ name ];
         isReadOnly ? command.disable() : command[ command.modes[ mode ] ? 'enable' : 'disable' ]();
         this[ isReadOnly ? 'on' : 'removeListener' ]( 'state', cancelEvent, null, null, 0 );
      }
   }
} )();

And usage:

// Turn CKEditor into 'ready-only' mode or vice versa.
CKEDITOR.instances.editor1.readOnly( true );
CKEDITOR.instances.editor1.readOnly( false );

I add a disabled to the textarea which seems to be the simplest way.

<div class="col-md-12">
    <h3>HTML CONTENT</h3>
    <textarea name="editor1" disabled></textarea>
    <script>
        CKEDITOR.replace('editor1');
    </script>
 </div>

In our project we are hiding the CKEditor and using a ReadOnlyText Area to display existing text. Hope this helps.

you try this is the best solution

 var existingEditor = CKEDITOR.instances && CKEDITOR.instances[element.id];
            try {
                if (existingEditor && typeof(existingEditor) !== "undefined" && typeof(existingEditor.setReadOnly) !== "undefined") {
                    if (el.prop("disabled")) {
                        existingEditor.setReadOnly(true);
                    } else {
                        existingEditor.setReadOnly(false);
                    }
                }
            } catch (ex) {
                //do nothing
            }

If you have multiple ckeditors on a page. Below solution worked for me.

   CKEDITOR.instances.instance_name.on('instanceReady', function(ev) {
      var editor = CKEDITOR.instances.instance_name;

      //for disable
      editor.setReadOnly();

      //for enable
      editor.setReadOnly(false);    
                                                
    });