As customers increasingly adopt HTML5 for content creation, there's a growing need to upgrade the current rich text editing capabilities and CKEditor 5 has been selected as the default editor for Liferay DXP to meet this demand. In this release CK Editor 5 has been made available in DXP and installed in four different experiences under Beta Feature Flag. (FF-11235):
Web Content
Object entry (editing a Rich Text Field)
Document Types (when adding a Rich Text field)
Metadata Set (when adding a Rich Text field)
Forms
Element Sets
After this, CK Editor 5 will be included in other areas and experiences in the near future:
Key Benefits:
Benefits when CK Editor is available across all DXP, note that current effort only includes Webcontent
Support modern web standards, including HTML5 and Content Security Policy (CSP).
Provide a seamless copy-paste experience from external tools.
Leverage OOTB features like the inline editor for a more flexible editing workflow.
Adopt a supported and actively maintained version of CK Editor.
Remove reliance on multiple editors and standardize the editing experience across Liferay DXP.
More highlights and benefits here