TinyMCE multilanguage plugin

This plugin will make the creation of multilingual contents on Moodle much easier with the TinyMCE editor.

The plugin is developed to work with Iñaki Arenaza's multilang2 filter, and this plugin is the adaption on his plugin for TinyMCE editor and will work with TinyMCE 6 that is included in Moodle ≥ 4.1.

After the installation of the plugin, the TinyMCE shows a new Button (with a globe icon) and a menu entry in the "Format" section where you can select a language. Clicking on a language entry adds a language opening and closing tag to your text at the current cursor position. If there is a selection then the language tags are places around the selection. In case you use the highlighting option and see the yellow language tags, you may click one of these tags then select a new language from the menu and that will change the language of the existing tag. You may also remove it by hitting the backspace or delete key. This will remove the tag, and it's counterpart in case the formatting is correct.

Current version

The latest release is v0.3 (build 2023070600) for Moodle 4.1 and newer.

Requirements

There are no additional requirements. To benefit from the plugin capabilities the TinyMCE editor must be used in text area (either set as a user preference or being the standard editor set by the Moodle site admin). Also, more than one language must be active in your Moodle. The plugin filter_multilang2 is supported as well, but it is not anymore a requirement to have it installed.

Installation

• Copy repository content in moodleroot/lib/editor/tiny/plugins. The following can be omitted:
  • tests/ (if you're not going to test it with Behat)
  • .gitmodules
  • build.xml
• Install the plugin from Moodle.

Troubleshooting

If the language selection does not appear in the editor:

• Check that the multilang2 filter is installed and enabled.
• Check that your site has at least two languages installed.

Version History

0.3

• Support for the standard language tags in Moodle without having to install the filter_multilang2.
• Tooltip with possible languages is shown when a highlighted language tag is selected (only when showalllanguages is off, otherwise the tooltip list would be too long).
• Fix: when the text editor lost the focus the highlighting of the language tags disappeared.
• Fix: the iso code was not displayed in the language list in the menu when showalllanguages was enabled.
• Some internal refactoring because of the changes from above that made them necessary.
• Adjust behat tests to test both, standard annotation and multilang2 filter annotation.
• Change code maturity to RC.

0.2.3

• Fix links in README file and add license file.

0.2.2

• Lift software maturity level to STABLE.
• Adapt CI to test against Moodle 4.2.
• Fix issue Probably, $string['helplinktext'] = 'Multi-Language Content (v2)'; is needed in the lang strings.
• Add version history to README file.

0.2.1

Initial release