It would be so great if someone had an answer for this. I was struggling with the issue this last week!
Thanks, ----- David D. On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Diogo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nobody? > > On Aug 25, 10:55 pm, Diogo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey all. > > > > Im having a hard time getting FCKEdtitor plugin and the "validate" > > plugin to work along, so please, any advice is very welcome. Im using > > the fckeditor plugin on all fckeditors, adding the to textareas using > > the method described here:http://www.fyneworks.com/jquery/FCKEditor/ > > > > First I was having that problem where when you try to submit the form, > > validation returns erros for every required fckeditors > > even if it actually has text on it. If you try to submit it again, > > then it works. Is the same problem reported here: > http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/e07ffa6.... > > > > So I tried to add 'onclick="$.fck.update()"' on the submit button, and > > it works. But only if you got a single FCKEditor instance in the page. > > If you have multiple instances, "update" will only work for the first > > one. Worst yet: after "update" has been called, the validate plugin > > will always return errors for all required fckeditors (except the > > first one), no mather if they has text on then, no mather how many > > times you try to submit the form, rendering the form impossible to > > submit. So, calling "$.fck.update()" actually seens to agravate the > > problem, no fix it. > > > > Ive been doing some debbuging in the fckeditor plugin and I believe I > > found where the problem is. In the "content" method, we have this line > > "var x = FCKeditorAPI.GetInstance(i);", where the the plugin tries to > > retriveve the editor instance. What I found is that > > "FCKeditorAPI.GetInstance(i);" will return "undefined" for every > > instance except the first. > > > > I might be wrong here, but taking a look at the "FCKeditorAPI" code I > > found that all instances are supposed to be in the > > "FCKeditorAPI.Instances" object, so they could be returned by > > "FCKeditorAPI.GetInstance()". But if I do a "for in" in this object, I > > will really only get the first fckeditor instance, and none of the > > rest. > > > > So that seens to be the problem, but what can I do about it? Im really > > clueless here, perhaps Im doing something wrong, I dont know. Anybody > > ever got to make "validate" and "fckeditor" plugins to work with a > > form with multiple fckeditor fields? If you did, please give me some > > advice. > > > > In any case, thank you all for the atention. >
