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History: CKEditor4 status

Source of version: 7 (current)

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            To do: explain in clear language the situation with CKEditor

!! Status
CKEditor version 4 is used in Tiki for a WYSIWYG editor for HTML content. 

!! History
In 2008, CKEditor added as part of ((Tiki2))
In 2017, CKEditor [https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-5-A-new-era-for-rich-text-editing/|version 5 was released]
In 2018, [https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5/issues/991|CKEditor announced a license change]
In 2023, The [https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/e41270acce785bb6d5a2ddf7f442cebf1a83ff5c|Open Source version of CKEditor 4 reached end of life]
In 202?, users start receiving messages encouraging them to purchase an extended support plan for CKEditor version 4 (Or upgrade to version 5)

!! Challenges
* Most WYSIWYG editors are designed to HTML content, and getting them to work with textual content (like wiki syntax) is very difficult


!! Options
* ((TOAST UI Editor))
* [https://quilljs.com|Quill]
* [https://github.com/summernote/summernote|summernote]
* [https://trix-editor.org|Trix]
* [https://www.slatejs.org/examples/richtext|Slate]


!! Related
* https://forum.xwiki.org/t/cke-editor-warning-4-22-1-version-not-secure/14020