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Created May 18, 2011 23:13
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Rich text editor initializer
function(
a, // element to contain the rich text editor
b // initial html content
){
(c=a.appendChild( //add to the given element
document.createElement('iframe') //a content editable frame
).contentWindow.document) //grab the content document of the frame
.designMode='on'; //and set its design mode so it can be edited
a.close(
a.open() //create a new document in the frame
.write(b) //write the intial content to the document
) // and close the document
}
<html><head></head>
<body>
<div id="RichTextContainer"></div>
<script>
var createRichTextEditor = function(a,b){(a=a.appendChild(document.createElement('iframe')).contentWindow.document).designMode='on';a.close(a.open().write(b))}
createRichTextEditor(document.getElementById('RichTextContainer'), '<html><body><h1>Heading 1</h1><p>This is some content.<br/>And <b>bold</b>, <i>italic</i>, etc.</body></html>');
</script>
</body>
</html>
function(a,b){(a=a.appendChild(document.createElement('iframe')).contentWindow.document).designMode='on';a.close(a.open().write(b))}
Copyright (c) 2011 Brian Miedlar, mied.la
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
{
"name": "richText",
"keywords": ["rich", "text", "richtext"]
}
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tsaniel commented Dec 15, 2011

What about saving 3 bytes?

function(a,b){(a=a.appendChild(document.createElement('iframe')).contentWindow.document).designMode='on';a.close(a.open().write(b))}

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Thanks - I like it.

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