I have read previous issues about similar probelms with permisstions (e.g. this https://www.drupal.org/node/1222500) but my case seems to be slightly different from others.

I have CKEditor up and running smoothly for administrators under 'full html' text format.

Other roles with permission to use 'full html' text format see the toolbar, but it appears to be inactive:

ckeditor toolbar inactive

I then granted the permission "Customize CKEditor appearance" for the role Editor and the toolbar is now functional. However it leaves me puzzled why this paprticular permission would trigger whether a user / role is allowed to use the toolbar buttons or not. Either it's a wording problem and actually granting that permission is the right thing to to – or I now have a slight security problem.

I also the installation guide here: read http://docs.cksource.com/CKEditor_for_Drupal/Open_Source/Drupal_7/Instal... and a screenshot shows that both permissions are granted, in the dexcription it says "Granting permission to use CKEditor in the Drupal 7 Administration Panel". But I must say I don't feel quite comfortabe granting both permissions – at least to me the permission "Administer CKEditor access" seems to emply more rights than I would want to give to regular registred users.

So – do I misunderstand the wording of the permissions? Am I doing anything wrong? Or is this 'by design'? Thank you!

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Strange. I couldn't duplicate this. Can you give more info on your plugins and settings? Also check your browser console (F12 in Chrome) to see if you're getting any JavaScript errors.

You may also want to try installing latest -dev.

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It's been a while, but just to update this issue: I suppose it probably was some permissions problem. I now granted the "Customize CKEditor appearance" permission for the role 'Editor' and the toolbar is now functional. However it leaves me puzzled why this particular permission would trigger whether a user / role is allowed to use the toolbar buttons or not. These are the two permissions I granted:

Customize CKEditor appearance

Allow users to customize CKEditor appearance.

Either it's a wording problem and granting that permission is the right thing to to – or I now actually have granted permission to customize the CKEditor appearance (as the wording would suggest) and I have a slight security problem.

PS: Even thought this question might leave the impression – it's not my first time on drupal. It's just the first time I'm using CKEditor instead of WYSIWYG.