Editor Documentation

Why is the documentation for the editor so poor?

Every other widget I have used has had some form of documentation of all the methods available. They are more or less all different in format/structure, but they all list the API methods, events, etc. The editor seems to be the only one I have used without any sort of guide on how to use it, other than getting it initialized.

I know that I can search the forum or make a post (which I have done), but seriously, why hasn’t there been any improvements to the documentation. I read through a post from late 2012 that talks about how bad the documentation is and that there will be improvements made, but now it’s early 2014 and nothing has changed. This isn’t so much a question as a rant to express my frustration. Every step I need to have finished to get the editor working seems to take 24 hours because I have to post a question, wait for the response the next morning. Or I have to sift through hundreds of posts to find an API method that nobody seems to know about except for the people who (I assume) work for DHTMLX. They are great and I love that they help me out, but there would be a lot less frustration and a reduction in development time if there is proper documentation available.

Hi, Splitty. Sorry for inconveniences.

We are aware of lack of information on some components and actively working on improving the situation.
A big work is already have been done. Several components, such as dhtmlxScheduler and dhtmlxGantt, have been fully upgraded.
But due to the ammount, the whole documentation can’t be updated at once. So the most popular components have higher priority.
A big portion of updated documentation is coming in a couple of weeks. dhtmlxEditor is one in the list.