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dcp3450
dcp3450

Reputation: 11187

When using javascript to dynamically and a textarea, how can I render it as a tinyMCE editor (in wordpress)?

I have a plugin that allows the user to dynamically add sections that need to have the tinyMCE editor in them. The jQuery clones a div and places it into a container. One of the input boxes is a textarea set up like so:

<textarea name="sectionContent_1" id="sectionContent_1"></textarea>

I need to replace the textarea with the tinyMCE editor.

I've looked at:

How to load wp_editor() through AJAX/jQuery and use wordpress wp_editor in dynamic/ajax html

Neither of these seem to work for us

I've tried this inside the trigger that calls to add the textarea section:

$(this).parent().find('.sectionOptions').html(ctHolder);

var textAreaID = 'sectionContent_'+sectionID;

tinyMCE.execCommand('mceRemoveEditor', true, textAreaID);
tinyMCE.execCommand('mceAddControl', false, textAreaID);

In this, I'm adding the cloned data (ctHolder) to the .sectionOptions setting the textarea's ID, resetting the editor on the ID, then adding control to the ID... this doesn't work but seems to be most commons suggestion.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1378

Answers (1)

dcp3450
dcp3450

Reputation: 11187

This did the trick:

var textAreaID = 'sectionContent_'+sectionID;           $(this).parent().find('.sectionOptions').html(ctHolder).ready(function(){
    tinyMCE.execCommand('mceAddEditor', false, textAreaID); 
});

Wordpress 3.9 is using tinyMCE 4.x so "mceAddControl" was changed to "mceAddEditor". Also, I placed the call inside a ready function so jquery wouldn't run tinyMCE until after it loaded the textarea on the dom.

Upvotes: 1

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