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CKEditor missing/incorrect basePath in Drupal 7

In a custom module, I've included CKEditor

drupal_add_js( 'sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/ckeditor.js',array('weight'=>JS_LIBRARY+1));
drupal_add_js( 'sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/adapters/jquery.js',array('weight'=>JS_LIBRARY+2));

And in my JS I'm now creating an instance on a textarea using

jQuery('#myTextArea').ckeditor();

This was working, but now isn't. Looking in Firebug, I see that ckeditor is trying to access config.js, and that it's looking for this at the URL of the page. It should be looking to http://example.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/.

I can't think what's changed recently that might have broken it!

I've tried passing config { basePath: '/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/' } into the ckeditor() call but this is ignored, probably can't set this at runtime?

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong, or if this is a bug, is there a work around?

Solution

  • As I commented, this seems to be to do with when the editor is loaded via Drupal's JS aggregation

    Here is an ugly hack that it worked for me.

    Edit the sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/ckeditor.js file and before the compressed js code add:

    window.CKEDITOR_BASEPATH = 'http://example.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/';

    Then just remember to do that every time you upgrade.

    PS. Credit on basepath hint.