//First lets initiate some variables
var isEditable= false;
var isIE;
var isGecko;
var isSafari;
var isKonqueror;
var browser = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
function initiateEditor() {
//check what browser is in use
isIE = ((browser.indexOf("msie") != -1) && (browser.indexOf("opera") == -1) && (browser.indexOf("webtv") == -1));
isGecko = (browser.indexOf("gecko") != -1);
isSafari = (browser.indexOf("safari") != -1);
isKonqueror = (browser.indexOf("konqueror") != -1);
//enable designMode if the browser is not safari or konqueror.
if (document.getElementById && document.designMode && !isSafari && !isKonqueror) {
isEditable= true;
}
}
//Javascript function dislpayEditor will create the textarea.
function displayEditor(editor, html, width, height) {
if(isEditable){
document.writeln('');
//create a hidden field that will hold everything that is typed in the textarea
document.writeln('');
//assign html (textarea value) to hiddeneditor
document.getElementById('hidden' + editor).value = html;
//call function designer
designer(editor, html);
}else{
document.writeln('');
}
}
//this is designer function that enables designMode and writes defalut text to the text area
function designer(editor, html) {
var mainContent= "" + html + "" ;
//assign the frame(textarea) to the edit variable using that frames id
var edit = document.getElementById(editor).contentWindow.document;
//write the content to the textarea
edit.write(mainContent);
edit.close();
//enable the designMode
edit.designMode = "On" ;
document.getElementById(content).contentDocument.designMode = "on";
}
//To execute command we will use javascript function editorCommand.
function editorCommand(editor, command, option) {
// first we assign the content of the textarea to the variable mainField
var mainField;
mainField = document.getElementById(editor).contentWindow;
// then we will use execCommand to execute the option on the textarea making sure the textarea stays in focus
try {
mainField.focus();
mainField.document.execCommand(command, false, option);
mainField.focus();
} catch (e) { }
}
function updateEditor(editor) {
if (!isEditable) return;
//assign the value of the textarea to the hidden field.
var hiddenField = document.getElementById('hidden' + editor);
if (hiddenField.value == null) hiddenField.value = "";
hiddenField.value = document.getElementById(editor).contentWindow.document.body.innerHTML;
}