How do I get a WYSIWYG editor working for the event description?

It probably that your template doesn't run initEditor for events.

Make sure you have


global $my;
if ( $my->id ) {
   initEditor();
}

or the equivalent active for com_events

Help - Save and Cancel buttons do nothing when I try to edit an event in the frontend?

It probably that your template doesn't run initEditor for events.

Make sure you have global $my; if ( $my->id ) { initEditor(); } or the equivalent active for com_events in your template index.php file.