TinyMCE on mobile doesn't allow for the adding of table rows / editing table properties

[Kristina Hoeppner]

It is not possible to add more rows to a table when you want to edit text via tinyMCE on a mobile device, e.g. phone. The current mobile interface of tinyMCE prevents the editing of table properties.

I checked the online demo of tinyMCE and there it is possible to edit tables in both the basic and fully featured examples https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/demo/ but it doesn't look like those examples are using the mobile tinyMCE interface.

We'd need to investigate:
- Is the mobile interface we use still supported? There were some deprecations?
- Do we still need a special mobile interface or can tinyMCE 5 be used on mobile as is?

[Kristina Hoeppner (kris-hoeppner)]

First step: Find answers for the investigation please. :-)

[Doris Tam (doristam)]

One possibility for this could be that we are missing a plugin:

The bare bones demo is https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/quick-start/ which looks closer to what we have in Mahara.

There is a note saying a bunch of plugins can be added. The demos on: https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/demo/ have a bunch of plugins installed and also has a much larger toolbar than ours.

We have a $tinymceconfig that sets up what we see in the editor. This will need to get looked at again and see if all the available interactions are available -> htdocs/lib/web.php

TinyMCE supports mobile.

What is the mobile interface that we use?

LINKS
- https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/general-configuration-guide/work-with-plugins/

[Mahara Bot (dev-mahara)]

Patch for "main" branch: https://reviews.mahara.org/c/mahara/+/13891

[Mahara Bot (dev-mahara)]

Reviewed: https://reviews.mahara.org/c/mahara/+/13891
Committed: https://git.mahara.org/mahara/mahara/commit/375e732e172dd0a59ef37948e1f42077962542f3
Submitter: "Doris Tam <email address hidden>"
Branch: main

commit 375e732e172dd0a59ef37948e1f42077962542f3
Author: Doris Tam <email address hidden>
Date: Mon Apr 3 10:54:31 2023 +1200

Bug 1966154: Get table config back for mobile view of TinyMCE

Change-Id: I95aba78f3c00b78be24703448497dec0a5fa26bb
Signed-off-by: Doris Tam <email address hidden>