TinyMCE textarea validation

[Sub_Seven]

Hello everyone,

I came across the need of using a rich text editor, I ended up choosing TinyMCE, it works real nice but no matter how much I've tried I can't get to validate the data prior to submitting it.

All I want is to make sure the textarea (which I believe is no longer a textarea since TinyMCE converts it into some other elements) is not empty, I have tried several examples on their forum with no luck so I'm trying my luck here.

Has anyone dealt with this issue? Thanks.

[enigma1]

You could use the getContent and check if the content is empty.
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So you hook the submit button and check if there is any content before allowing or setting the form action.

[coopster]

And if you have more than one instance of the editor running you may want to use the triggerSave() method:

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If you want to focus on any element after realizing it is empty you can use the execCommand:

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pseudocode example:

if (your textarea has an error) { 
  tinyMCE.execCommand('mceFocus', false, 'textareaID'); 
  return false; 
}