Rich 0.0.8 editor doesn't load in IE <= 9 post asset compilation

[whitecl]

Hi there and thanks for making Rich, I really like it!

Running into an issue with my project https://github.com/whitecl/devotion-cms

In development mode, all versions of IE load the rich editor with no problems. However in production mode, IE <= 9 does not work correctly. The textarea element is not converted into an editor, but no Javascript errors are thrown. Production mode works fine in all non-IE browsers.

Is there any additional troubleshooting data I can provide to help?

[bastiaanterhorst]

Hi,
Thanks for reporting this; I will look into is. I see that in your project, you've worked around it by duplicating your development configuration. This leads me to believe there is a precompilation problem.

I'll look into it asap and get back to you. If you find anything in the meantime, please do let me know.

Best,
Bastiaan

[bastiaanterhorst]

I finally had a chance to look into this, but to be honest I have no clue what is going on. Unfortunately, I also have little time to dig deeper. Have you made any progress?

[whitecl]

Hi Bastiaan, thanks for looking into this. We'll be doing a renewed dev cycle on this project sometime in the next few weeks. I'll do some investigating as well on the issue.

I'm also going to try to bring Rich up-to-date in our project, I'll let you know if the issue persists in newer versions.

[kim3er]

Hi, I'm having the same problem, using the latest stable version.

[bastiaanterhorst]

Yeah, unfortunately this is not fixed yet.

[kim3er]

Thanks for the response. I've just found an Issue on the CKEditor gem that suggests turning compression off as a workaround. It's not ideal but as my target audience is on an Intranet, so it should be fine.

galetahub/ckeditor#121

[kim3er]

Switching off compression fixes the problem, but it obviously not ideal. As per the link I post above this issue has been resolved in the CKEditor gem.

[bastiaanterhorst]

Have you been able to distill what the exact problem is? The commit mentioned in the Ckeditor issue touches many files and doesn't mention this exact issue.

[kim3er]

I have managed to detect the problem to the point that I can fix it. But the crux of it is that some aspect of the CK Editor source when compressed produces a senario whereby IE just stop parsing the file. My assumption is that this has been resolved in CKEditor core rather than the GEM, but I have no confirmation of this.

I don't have the capacity in this project to investigate much further, but it'll be top of my list next time I incorporate Active Admin on a public facing site.

Aside from this minor blip, this gem has been incredibly useful. Thank you.

[stonehz]

The problem still exists... any updates or any ways how to fix it?..
Thank you in advance!

[bastiaanterhorst]

Unfortunately I'm not aware of a fix..