[Solved] Comparison to AJAX Editor

[Day]

Switching from RadEditor AJAX to MVC Editor.
I'm noticing that the feature set is quite reduced.
One item which is a must have for me is the ability to swtich from "design view" to "html view".
I'm not seeing in the docs or forums how to do this.
Please tell me it's an option! (update: I figured this out)
Also, are there any articles that compare the two editors (again, not finding this myself)?
Thanks!

[T. Tsonev]

Hi,

I'm glad you've got this solved. In case someone else is wondering how to do this we have an example and a help topic that demonstrate how to show the generated HTML.

The MVC Editor indeed offers a smaller feature set compared to RadEditor. It's a new component that doesn't share any code with the ASP.NET version. Our initial focus was on producing consistent markup across browsers. With this done we're relying on your feedback to shape up the new features.

We don't have a comparison ready and for the moment we recommend you to explore the online demos and documentation to determine if it suits your requirements.

Kind regards,
Tsvetomir Tsonev
the Telerik team

[Day]

Thanks for the quick reply. I certainly find the AJAX editor feature list to be quite attractive, and I'll probably be switching back to it as soon as our team sorts out an issue relating to combining our MVC and ASP components. However if I knew that more features were heading to MVC in the next quarter or so I might hold out. If you are looking for feedback to help prioritize features, I think the features that I see in the AJAX version that I would want added to the MVC version first are:
- design/html/preview buttons
- auto importing css styles into dropdowns
- paste from word etc. 
- find/undo/redo

[T. Tsonev]

Hi,

Thank you for your feedback.

The MVC Editor aims to be more user-oriented, so we chose to keep the advanced features out of the way. Ideally, the editor should be 100% usable without looking at or editing the raw HTML code.

Auto-importing of CSS styles is not available, but you can define them manually. Please take look at this example.

Pasting from Word is supported and we went to great lengths to clean-up the HTML that it generates. Go ahead and try it in any of the examples.

Undo and redo are already supported via the standard shortcuts - Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y.

I hope this helps.

Best wishes,
Tsvetomir Tsonev
the Telerik team

[Day]

Thanks. All that is clear, and I understand the reasoning, however unless these features behave more like the ajax version soon I will probably switch away from the mvc version in a few weeks.

On the html front, note that our editor needs to be used by both our end users and our designers. So while I appreciate that the generated html is very high-quality, I still need it to be easy to get under the hood from time to time. I imagine I am not alone in this.

[T. Tsonev]

Hi Day,

You do have a point - designers and content editors do need finer control over the markup. The custom tools demo shows exactly how to do this.

We will track the interest in this feature and we'll consider integrating it if it proves to be popular.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Tsvetomir Tsonev
the Telerik team

[Day]

Yes, I've added a custom tool for this and it's working fine. I guess I'm just stating my preference for how the AJAX version interface looks and behaves. I'll be following with interest how the MVC version develops. Thanks again, DK.