diff --git b/core/modules/edit/lib/Drupal/edit/Annotation/InPlaceEditor.php a/core/modules/edit/lib/Drupal/edit/Annotation/InPlaceEditor.php
index f3ea3e6..e7a5edf 100644
--- b/core/modules/edit/lib/Drupal/edit/Annotation/InPlaceEditor.php
+++ a/core/modules/edit/lib/Drupal/edit/Annotation/InPlaceEditor.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 use Drupal\Component\Annotation\Plugin;
 
 /**
- * Defines an Editor annotation object.
+ * Defines an InPlaceEditor annotation object.
  *
  * @Annotation
  */
@@ -24,15 +24,8 @@ class InPlaceEditor extends Plugin {
   public $id;
 
   /**
-   * The Javascript class name associated with this plugin.
-   *
-   * @var string
-   */
-  public $jsClassName;
-
-  /**
-   * An array of editors that have registered themselves as alternatives to this
-   * editor.
+   * An array of in-place-editors that have registered themselves as
+   * alternatives to this editor.
    *
    * @var array
    */
diff --git b/core/modules/editor/editor.services.yml a/core/modules/editor/editor.services.yml
index db19922..686935c 100644
--- b/core/modules/editor/editor.services.yml
+++ a/core/modules/editor/editor.services.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 services:
   plugin.manager.editor:
-    class: Drupal\editor\Plugin\EditorManager
+    class: Drupal\editor\Plugin\InPlaceEditorManager
     arguments: ['@container.namespaces']
diff --git b/core/modules/editor/lib/Drupal/editor/Plugin/InPlaceEditor/Editor.php a/core/modules/editor/lib/Drupal/editor/Plugin/InPlaceEditor/Editor.php
index 0bd317e..0a056fb 100644
--- b/core/modules/editor/lib/Drupal/editor/Plugin/InPlaceEditor/Editor.php
+++ a/core/modules/editor/lib/Drupal/editor/Plugin/InPlaceEditor/Editor.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * Defines the formatted text editor.
  *
  * @InPlaceEditor(
- *   id = "in_place_editor",
+ *   id = "editor",
  *   alternativeTo = {"direct"},
  *   module = "editor"
  * )
diff --git b/core/modules/editor/lib/Drupal/editor/Tests/EditIntegrationTest.php a/core/modules/editor/lib/Drupal/editor/Tests/EditIntegrationTest.php
index e246c22..4ebb921 100644
--- b/core/modules/editor/lib/Drupal/editor/Tests/EditIntegrationTest.php
+++ a/core/modules/editor/lib/Drupal/editor/Tests/EditIntegrationTest.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ function testEditorSelection() {
 
     // Editor selection w/ cardinality 1, text format w/ associated text editor.
     $items[0]['format'] = 'full_html';
-    $this->assertEqual('in_place_editor', $this->getSelectedEditor($items, $this->field_name), "With cardinality 1, and the full_html text format, the 'editor' editor is selected.");
+    $this->assertEqual('editor', $this->getSelectedEditor($items, $this->field_name), "With cardinality 1, and the full_html text format, the 'editor' editor is selected.");
 
     // Editor selection with text processing, cardinality >1
     $this->field_textarea_field['cardinality'] = 2;
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ function testMetadata() {
     $expected = array(
       'access' => TRUE,
       'label' => 'Long text field',
-      'editor' => 'in_place_editor',
+      'editor' => 'editor',
       'aria' => 'Entity entity_test 1, field Long text field',
       'custom' => array(
         'format' => 'full_html',