Enabling WYSIWYG

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Enabling WYSIWYG

by Nima Mazloumi

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Most of the forms in OpenACS are created using the form builder, see Using Form Builder: building html forms dynamically. For detailed information on the +

Most of the forms in OpenACS are created using the form builder, see the section called “Using Form Builder: building html forms dynamically”. For detailed information on the API take a look here.

The following section shows how you can modify your form to allow WYSIWYG functionalities.

Convert your page to use ad_form (some changes but worth it)

Here an examples. From:

 	template::form create my_form
 	template::element create my_form my_form_id -label "The ID" -datatype integer -widget hidden
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	       	   {after_html
                {<a name="#">Anchor</a>}}}
 	} ...
-

Warning

You must not give your your form the same name that your page has. Otherwise HTMLArea won't load.

Convert your textarea widget to a richtext widget and enable htmlarea.

The htmlarea_p-flag can be used to prevent +

Warning

You must not give your your form the same name that your page has. Otherwise HTMLArea won't load.

Convert your textarea widget to a richtext widget and enable htmlarea.

The htmlarea_p-flag can be used to prevent WYSIWYG functionality. Defaults to true if left away.

From:

 	{my_input_field_2:text

To: