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Posted by Benjamin Niemann on 12/21/06 14:44
ferd wrote:
> Benjamin Niemann wrote:
>
>> ferd wrote:
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>> > I've read a few posts about how textareas can't have links or other
>> > rendered elements, so I'm wondering how gmail does it and if it's
>> > something I can cook up at home. specifically, I'd like to allow the
>> > user to type in an entry, very much like typing in this post, and then
>> > highlight a chunk of text, click a button and assign a hyperlink to it.
>>
>> This is not done using a TEXTAREA. It uses a feature that some browsers
>> support (IE, FF, recent versions of Safari and Opera). Basicly any
>> element can be turned into an 'HTML WYSIWYG editor' by setting a property
>> (contentEditable) with JavaScript.
>>
>> > Is this something I can do?
>>
>> There are a lot of ready-to-use editors. I'd suggest that you look for
>> one that can be easily customized. Throw out all options but the link
>> feature. I know that this can be done with HTMLArea (which has been
>> discontinued).
>
> Thank you very much. quick question:
>
> -any suggestions?
The only one I know is HTMLArea - and it's terribly out of date and no
longer supported. Fortunately I don't have to work with such things, so I
can't say which product could replace it. Checkout <http://www.htmlarea.com
/directory/Web_Software_Components/WYSIWYG_Editors/index.html> (wrapped long
URL) for a list of possibilities
P.S.: Please don't top post and don't quote signature.
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Benjamin Niemann
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