I know exactly how you feel, and sadly this problem is rooted in the wordpress core code not in TinyMCE or due to browser compatility problems. I wrote a plugin that allows you to format html markup in the HTML editor, switch back and forth between it and the Visual tab without affecting the source … Read more
So, I may or may not go to hell for this, but I made a quickfix plugin that bypasses the inline part and just opens the link editor. You can find it here. I didn’t spend much time testing it, if you find problems make issues in github and I will see if I can … Read more
The dialog HTML comes from WP_Editors::wp_link_dialog() but no hooks in there. We could instead use jQuery to append the custom HTML to the link dialog and try to override e.g. the wpLink.getAttrs(), because it’s very short 😉 Demo example: jQuery( document ).ready( function( $ ) { $(‘#link-options’).append( ‘<div> <label><span>Link Class</span> <select name=”wpse-link-class” id=”wpse_link_class”> <option value=”normal”>normal</option> … Read more
The following small plugin creates a custom button inside line 1 of the WordPress TinyMCE Version 4, tested in WP Version 3.9-beta2. The plugin has var_dump included to understand the values. It’s also possible to add the button to other lines of the visual editor, only a other hook, like for line 2: mce_buttons_2. Result … Read more
Here’s a way to test the core patch #33300.6 by Andew Ozz, through a test plugin in WP 4.5.2, to try out the text pattern filter. Demo Here’s a strikethrough example using ~ $init[‘wpsetextpattern_inline_patterns’] = ‘{ strong: { start: “*”, end: “*”, format: “bold” }, strong2: { start: “**”, end: “**”, format: “bold” }, em: … Read more