CKEditor instance already exists

Question

I am using jquery dialogs to present forms (fetched via AJAX). On some forms I am using a CKEditor for the textareas. The editor displays fine on the first load.

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Answer 1

I had the same problem where I was receiving a null reference exception and the word "null" would be displayed in the editor. I tried a handful of solutions, including upgrading the editor to 3.4.1 to no avail.

I ended up having to edit the source. At about line 416 to 426 in _source\plugins\wysiwygarea\plugin.js, there's a snippet like this:

iframe = CKEDITOR.dom.element.createFromHtml( '<iframe' + ... + '>' );

In FF at least, the iframe isn't completely instantiated by the time it's needed. I surrounded the rest of the function after that line with a setTimeout function:

iframe = CKEDITOR.dom.element.createFromHtml( '' );
setTimeout(function()
{ 
    // Running inside of Firefox chrome the load event doesn't bubble like in a normal page (#5689)
    ...
}, 1000);

};

// The script that launches the bootstrap logic on 'domReady', so the document
...

The text renders consistently now in the modal dialogs.