CKEditor Image Browser plugin

imagebrowser is a CKEditor plugin that allows images on the server to be browsed and picked for inclusion into the editor's contents.

You can view the working demo HERE.

This plugin integrates with the image plugin (part of CKEditor), by making it provide a Browse Server button in the Image dialog window.

The way you use it is very similar to imageGetJson in Redactor

• you only need to provide a list of images in a JSON format, and the image browser will take care of the rest.

In fact, it uses the same data format as Redactor, allowing for an easy transition between the two editors.

Installation

Copy the whole contents of this repository into a new plugins/imagebrowser directory in your CKEditor install.

Make sure you're using the Standard or Full CKEditor packages. The Basic package lacks an in-built "File Browser" plugin, which this plugin depends on. You can also use a Custom CKEditor package, if you build it with "File Browser" plugin support.

Usage

Enable the plugin by adding it to extraPlugins and specify the imageBrowser_listUrl parameter:

<textarea id="my-textarea-id"></textarea>

<script type="text/javascript">
	CKEDITOR.replace('my-textarea-id', {
		"extraPlugins": "imagebrowser",
		"imageBrowser_listUrl": "/path/to/images_list.json"
	});
</script>

The imageBrowser_listUrl configuration parameter points to a URL that lists the server's images in a JSON format. Make sure to use an absolute path.

Example:

[
	{
		"image": "/image1_200x150.jpg",
		"thumb": "/image1_thumb.jpg",
		"folder": "Small"
	},
	{
		"image": "/image2_200x150.jpg",
		"thumb": "/image2_thumb.jpg",
		"folder": "Small"
	},

	{
		"image": "/image1_full.jpg",
		"thumb": "/image1_thumb.jpg",
		"folder": "Large"
	},
	{
		"image": "/image2_full.jpg",
		"thumb": "/image2_thumb.jpg",
		"folder": "Large"
	}
]

The above says that there are 2 image directories ("Small" and "Large") with 2 files in each of them.

• image - the absolute path being used when the image gets put into the editor's contents.

• thumb (optional) - the relative path to the image's thumbnail (for preview purposes). (if omitted, the value of image is used as a thumbnail.)

• folder field is optional. If omitted, the image list will not be split into folders.

Another way to initiliaze

If you want the image browser plugin to work for all of your CKEditor textareas, you can edit CKEditor's config.js and add the 2 configuration lines:

config.extraPlugins = "imagebrowser";
config.imageBrowser_listUrl = "/path/to/images_list.json";