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Published Sep. 10, 2025

Image Editor Does Not Load on Websphere

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Ryan Najima

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This article documents an issue where the image editor does not load on WebSphere, as well as steps to resolve the issue or avoid it altogether. This issue is caused by one of the JS files served within the JS editor having some characters that are not allowed in the default encodings.

Resolution

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Navigate to Content > Documents and Media
  2. Upload an image file
  3. Click on the vertical ellipsis and select Edit with Image Editor 

Expected Result

Image Editor should come up on the iframe and allow the user to edit the image.

Actual Result

Image editor does not load at all.

Solution

Set the encoding to UTF-8.

Note: This issue is not caused by the Liferay product. WebSphere uses different encodings depending on the language. You can find them in $WEBSPHERE_HOME/properties/encoding.properties.

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