fix Editor on iPad

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The text editor won't work on an iPad.  One of our most frequent complaints

 

Fix it!  (not reqlly sure what the problem is yet)

 

 

Yes, we're going to be doing a significant javascript / editor overhaul before 2.0.  this will be a major use case.


of course, donating an iPad to us would greatly facilitate testing :)

  --Ethan McCutchen.....Fri Jul 08 07:17:23 -0700 2011


Thanks Ethan. iPad 1 already promised to my wife:-) - but maybe there's a deal there for hosting/consulting for someone. We are seeing uptake of iPads in the UK among nonprofit leaders, and I'll be thinking on use situations relating to Wagn

  --David Wilcox (Not signed in).....Tue Jul 12 02:59:44 -0700 2011


Turns out there are some simulator tools for developing for ipads / iphones, even if you don't have one. Definitely open to hosting/consulting deals, but good to know we won't be stuck without one.

  --Ethan McCutchen.....Tue Jul 12 07:34:13 -0700 2011


I used the simulator for this on iphone and I believe this is working as of 1.10 (probably sooner, because of tinymce updates). please let me know if anyone is still having problems!

  --Ethan McCutchen.....2012-12-20 22:11:58 +0000


Not working for me in *some cases* ATM...(iPad 1, iOS 5xx)On my new cloudstore site I get an edit field and I can sometimes select text (often without a visible cursor), but can't type or paste anything, with BT keyboard or onscreen. Commenting here works fine though. I wonder if you could skip the fancy editor component in some cases (mobile) and just put in a text field that accepts markdown. That would work for me.

  --Dameron Midgette.....2012-12-29 17:24:28 +0000


Correction: typing is OK, copy and paste are broken, and text selection can be funky, but usually works.

  --Dameron Midgette.....2012-12-30 16:44:30 +0000


Hi Dameron,

 

Very much appreciate the feedback / ideas. With the 1.10 release we made an initial lunge towards better functionality on mobiles, but we have a good ways to go. I like the idea of having optional markup (regardless of device), and I'd guess that will probably be something we move on shortly after 2.0 if not earlier.

  --Ethan McCutchen.....2013-01-01 22:41:22 +0000


Just a thought....If there was a switch that turned off the fancy editor and just left a text box, that would work just fine too. If i'm typing markdown, it's most likely that I can turn it into html on my end. That might? be easier to put in for now?

  --Dameron Midgette.....2013-01-10 17:52:29 +0000


I really like this idea. I'll look into what it would take and when we might be able to tackle it. In general, markup-to-html is easy, html-to-markup is the potentially tricky part, but since card data is stored as html, that will be key.

  --Ethan McCutchen.....2013-01-11 16:42:14 +0000