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Combine Ajax content loader with editor

This function places 'Hello World' inside my rich text editor (TinyMCE)

function ajaxLoad() {
      var ed = tinyMCE.get('elm1');
      ed.setContent('Hello World');
}

This line of code places the content of test.php into an empty div
ajax_loadContent('divID','external/info.php');

How can I combine these, so that I can place the content of test.php into the editor?

This does NOT work:
function ajaxLoad() {
      var ed = tinyMCE.get('elm1');
      ed.setContent(ajax_loadContent(ed,'external/info.php'));
}
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pellep

TinyMCE doesn't really work that way. When you initialize the editor instance, it replaces the div/textarea so you're not supposed to interact with the content outside of the tinyMCE framwork.

Try this and see if it works

function ajaxLoad() {
var ed = tinyMCE.get('elm1');
ajax_loadContent(ed.getElement() ,'external/info.php')); // set content on underlying div
ed.load(); //reload editor from underlying div
      }

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hankknight

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Thanks, pellep.

Your answer had two parts.

You explained that the content in the editor iframe MUST be reloaded after this is done.

And you explained that the code presumes the content is in a div, not a textarea.

I have asked a related question here:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23898620/AJAX-Works-with-div-but-not-textarea.html

whspider

Hi hankknight,

i am in need of the same...can u give me the link from where you got this editor....i to want to load
different values to the editor based on a select ooption uisng ajax

hankknight

ASKER

whspider, I do not understand what you need. The editor is TinyMCE.
http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/