Managed to get a work around fix that should suffice. The button for the wysiwyg editor still doesnt work, but the wysiwyg editor is displayed upon page load into the text box for product description. Does not change the behaviour of pages or static block editors.
Had to go to app/design/adminhtml/defaut/default/template/catalog/product/edit.phtml. and change
Event.observe(window, 'load', function() {
var objName = '<?php echo $this->getSelectedTabId() ?>';
if (objName) {
obj = $(objName);
//IE fix (bubbling event model)
product_info_tabsJsTabs.setSkipDisplayFirstTab();
product_info_tabsJsTabs.showTabContent(obj);
}
Product.AttributesBridge.setTabsObject(product_info_tabsJsTabs);
});
to
Event.observe(window, 'load', function() {
var objName = '<?php echo $this->getSelectedTabId() ?>';
if (objName) {
obj = $(objName);
//IE fix (bubbling event model)
product_info_tabsJsTabs.setSkipDisplayFirstTab();
product_info_tabsJsTabs.showTabContent(obj);
}
Product.AttributesBridge.setTabsObject(product_info_tabsJsTabs);
tinyMCE.init({
mode : "exact",
theme : "advanced",
strict_loading_mode : true,
elements : "description,short_description",
theme_advanced_toolbar_location : "top",
theme_advanced_toolbar_align : "left",
theme_advanced_path_location : "bottom",
extended_valid_elements : "a[name|href|target|title|onclick],img[class|src|border=0|alt|title|hspace|vspace|width|height|align|onmouseover|onmouseout|name],hr[class|width|size|noshade],font[face|size|color|style],span[class|align|style]",
theme_advanced_resize_horizontal : "true",
theme_advanced_resizing : "true",
apply_source_formatting : "true",
convert_urls : "false",
force_br_newlines : "true",
doctype : '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">'
});
});
