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

CKeditor 4.2.1

There is a lot of answers here but for me I needed something more (bit dirty too so if anyone can improve please do). For me MODALs where my issue.

I was rendering the CKEditor in a modal, using Foundation. Ideally I would have destoryed the editor upon closing, however I didn't want to mess with Foundation.

I called delete, I tried remove and another method but this was what I finally settled with.

I was using textarea's to populate not DIVs.

My Solution

//hard code the DIV removal (due to duplication of CKeditors on page however they didn't work)

    $("#cke_myckeditorname").remove();


     if (CKEDITOR.instances['myckeditorname']) {
                delete CKEDITOR.instances['myckeditorname'];
                CKEDITOR.replace('myckeditorname', GetCKEditorSettings());
            } else {
                CKEDITOR.replace('myckeditorname', GetCKEditorSettings());
            }

this was my method to return my specific formatting, which you might not want.

    function GetCKEditorSettings()
    {
       return {
                    linkShowAdvancedTab: false,
                    linkShowTargetTab: false,
                    removePlugins: 'elementspath,magicline',
                    extraAllowedContent: 'hr blockquote div',
                    fontSize_sizes: 'small/8px;normal/12px;large/16px;larger/24px;huge/36px;',
                    toolbar: [
                        ['FontSize'],
                        ['Bold', 'Italic', 'Underline', '-', 'NumberedList', 'BulletedList', '-', 'Link', 'Unlink'],
                        ['Smiley']
                    ]
                };
    }