Making a WYSIWYG

[music_man]

Hi,

I am interested in making my own lightweight WYSIWYG editor. I'm not interested in using a premade one.

How do they work?

[coopster]

You start with a <textarea> and use icons or text above/below the textarea along with some JavaScript to grab the inner text and modify it on the fly. To understand the basics, have a peek at the Mozilla midas demo page [mozilla.org].

[music_man]

It is the modifying on the fly which I am interested in. How can you display the innerText of the texarea over the top of the textarea?

Thanks for the link, I would like to learn myself though.