CKEditor link dialog removing protocol

Question

In my CKEditor I removed the 'linkType' and 'protocol' inputs of the link dialog.

   CKEDITOR.on( 'dialogDefinition', function( ev )
    {
        var dialogName = ev.data.name;
        var dialogDefinition = ev.data.definition;

        if ( dialogName == 'link' )
        {
            var infoTab = dialogDefinition.getContents( 'info' );
            infoTab.remove( 'linkType' );
            infoTab.remove( 'protocol' );
        }

    });

However, evertype I type in something like https://google.com as soon as I type in the 'g' the https:// gets removed.
I checked the output and it always says http:// disregarding the input.

How can I turn this stupid behaviour off?

Answer 1

After much research, debugging and tweaking, I've finally managed to pull this off!!!

Here's how I do it:

CKEDITOR.on('dialogDefinition', function(e) {
    // NOTE: this is an instance of CKEDITOR.dialog.definitionObject
    var dd = e.data.definition; 

    if (e.data.name === 'link') {
        dd.minHeight = 30;

        // remove the unwanted tabs
        dd.removeContents('advanced');
        dd.removeContents('target');
        dd.removeContents('upload');

        // remove all elements from the 'info' tab
        var tabInfo = dd.getContents('info');
        while (tabInfo.elements.length > 0) {
            tabInfo.remove(tabInfo.elements[0].id);
        }

        // add a simple URL text field
        tabInfo.add({
            type : 'text',
            id : 'urlNew',
            label : 'URL',
            setup : function(data) {
                var value = '';
                if (data.url) {
                    if (data.url.protocol) {
                        value += data.url.protocol;
                    }
                    if (data.url.url) {
                        value += data.url.url;
                    }
                } else if (data.email && data.email.address) {
                    value = 'mailto:' + data.email.address;
                }
                this.setValue(value);
            },
            commit : function(data) {
                data.url = { protocol: '', url: this.getValue() };
            }
        });
    }
});