322. How to create an html editor using gtkhtml - Part 2?

Problem

In Part 1, I've showed you how to set up an HTML editor using GtkHTML.

What's new in this Part 2:

  • More GtkHTML commands
  • More compact and neater toolbar items
  • Toolbar items now with tooltips
... as shown below:

How to create an html editor using gtkhtml - Part 2?


Solution

  • I've included more built-in GtkHTML commands as listed in the code below.
  • As explained in Part 1, we execute the built-in GtkHTML command with $gtkhtml->command($command_name)?>
  • Of particular interest is also the setup of the toolbar. I've revised the code a bit so that the toolbars are now more compact like that of Microsoft Word. Only the icons are displayed. Also, when the mouse is over a button, you will see a tooltip displayed.

Important Note:

  • This only works for PHP-GTK2 compliled with the additional library GtkHTML.
  • For linux, you have to recompile php-gtk2 to include this library.
  • For windows, you may refer to the article How to install PHP-GTK2 on windows. The latest beta release from official php-gtk2 website comes complete with GtkHTML.
  • In the php.ini, don't forget to add php-gtk.extensions = php_gtk_html2.dll to turn on GtkHTML.
  • Lastly, the most "tricky" part in running GtkHTML is that to run this script, you have to use gconfd-2 | php script.php.

    If you have installed the beta release of PHP-GTK2 on windows as outlined in this article, you will find the program gconfd-2.exe in the root directory of php-gtk.
  • In the event that you cannot get this sample code to work, I would suggest that you try to do a fresh install of the beta-release of PHP-GTK2 (details here). It should work out-of-the-box (just need to add php-gtk.extensions = php_gtk_html2.dll in php.ini as explained above). Note that you can still keep your original copy of php-gtk2 while having this new version.
  • You will most likely see the warning (php.exe:5348): Gdk-WARNING **: gdkselection-win32.c:1068: OpenClipboard failed: Invalid window handle.. Not really sure how to fix this yet. The script seems to run ok, though.


Sample Code

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<?php
$window = new GtkWindow();
$window->set_title($argv[0]);
$window->set_size_request(480, 400);
$window->connect_simple('destroy', array('Gtk','main_quit'));
$window->add($vbox = new GtkVBox());

// define toolbar definition

$tooltips = new GtkTooltips(); // note 1

$toolbar_definition = array( // note 2
    'Copy' => 'copy',
    'Cut' => 'cut',
    'Paste' => 'paste',
    '<hr>',
    'Bold' => 'bold-toggle',
    'Italic' => 'italic-toggle',
    'Underline' => 'underline-toggle',
    'Strikethrough' => 'strikeout-toggle',
    '<hr>',
    'JUSTIFY_LEFT' => 'align-left',
    'JUSTIFY_CENTER' => 'align-center',
    'JUSTIFY_RIGHT' => 'align-right',
    '<hr>',
    'INDENT' => 'indent-more',
    'UNINDENT' => 'indent-less',
    '<hr>',
    'Zoom_In' => 'zoom-in',
    'Zoom_Out' => 'zoom-out',
    'Zoom_100' => 'zoom-reset',
    );
setup_toolbar($vbox, $toolbar_definition);

$toolbar_definition = array( // note 2
    'Undo' => 'undo',
    'Redo' => 'redo',
    '<hr>',
    '<hr>' => 'insert-rule',
    '<p>' => 'insert-paragraph',
    '<h1>' => 'style-header1',
    '<h2>' => 'style-header2',
    '<h3>' => 'style-header3',
    '<h4>' => 'style-header4',
    '<h5>' => 'style-header5',
    '<h6>' => 'style-header6',
    );
setup_toolbar($vbox, $toolbar_definition);

$toolbar_definition = array( // note 2
    '<ul>' => 'style-itemdot',
    '<ol>' => 'style-itemdigit',
    '<ol type=A>' => 'style-itemalpha',
    '<ol type=I>' => 'style-itemroman',
    't1',
    't2'
    );
setup_toolbar($vbox, $toolbar_definition);

$gtkhtml = new GtkHTML();

$vbox->pack_start($gtkhtml);

$html_text = "<h1>HTML Editor - Part 2</h1>

<p>What's new in this Part 2</p>

<ul>
<li>More GtkHTML commands</li>
<li>More compact and neater toolbar items</li>
<li>Toolbar items now with tooltips</li>
<li></li>
</ul>

";

$gtkhtml->load_from_string($html_text);

$gtkhtml->set_editable(true);

$window->show_all();
Gtk::main();

// setup toolbar
function setup_toolbar($container, $toolbar_definition) {
    global $tooltips;
    $toolbar = new GtkToolBar();
    $toolbar->set_toolbar_style(Gtk::TOOLBAR_ICONS); // note 3
    foreach($toolbar_definition as $item=>$command) {
        if (preg_match('/^\d+$/', $item)) {
            if ($command=='<hr>')
                $toolbar->insert(new GtkSeparatorToolItem(), -1);
        } else {
            $stock_image_name = 'Gtk::STOCK_'.strtoupper($item);
            if (defined($stock_image_name)) {
                $toolbar_item = GtkToolButton::new_from_stock(
                    constant($stock_image_name));
                $toolbar_item->set_homogeneous(0);
                $tooltip_text = str_replace('_', ' ', $item);
                $toolbar_item->set_tooltip($tooltips, $tooltip_text); // note 4
                $toolbar->insert($toolbar_item, -1);
                $toolbar_item->connect('clicked',
                    'on_toolbar_button', $item, $command);
            } else {
                $toolbar_item = new GtkToolButton(new GtkLabel($item), $item);
                $tooltip_text = str_replace('-', ' ', $command);
                $toolbar_item->set_tooltip($tooltips, $tooltip_text); // note 4
                $toolbar_item->set_homogeneous(0);
                $toolbar->insert($toolbar_item, -1);
                $toolbar_item->connect('clicked',
                    'on_toolbar_button', $item, $command);
            }
        }
    }
    $container->pack_start($toolbar, 0);
}

// process toolbar
function on_toolbar_button($button, $item, $command) {
    echo "toolbar clicked: $item ($command)\n";
    global $gtkhtml;
    $gtkhtml->command($command);
}

?>

Output

As shown above.
 

Explanation

The above code is extended from the code in How to create an html editor using gtkhtml - Part 1?

What's new here:

  1. Create a new GtkTooltips.
  2. The toolbar definitions.
  3. Display icon only.
  4. Set the tooltip for each toolitem.

Note

Did you notice one important command missing from the above toolbar? Yes, it's the SAVE command!

I looked high and low for something that allows us to save the edited text to an HTML file. Seems like it's not available yet in PHP-GTK2.

Anyone has any clue...?

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