When editing content online, those JavaScript-based editors help us a lot. These What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) editors provide us with an Office-like operating experience. Today, any website content management system (CMS) and blogging system requires such an editor. This article selects 5 editors based on JavaScript and 5 editors based on the jQuery framework. MarkitUp – jQuery
markItUp! It is not a "full-featured, messy" editor. Instead, it is a very lightweight, customizable and flexible text editor to meet the needs of developers, in their CMSes, blogs, forums or websites. markItUp! It is not a WYSIWYG editor, it is a simple and practical text editor. Quick porting and usage Dynamic preview with keyboard shortcuts support Ajax support Compatible browsers: IE7, Safari 3.1, Firefox 2, Firefox 3. IE6 and Opera 9 as-is. License: MIT/GPL File: Portable, Save Resource, only 6.5Kb. jWYSIWYG – jQuery
jWYSIWYG, this plugin is a built-in content editor that allows editing of HTML content. This is a replacement for WYMeditor with a convenient and practical function. File size is less than 17Kb and 26Kb total only 9Kb 18Kb code and 7Kb portable. GNU General Public License v2 Compact and lightweight Supports Ajax dynamic preview Compatible with mainstream browsers Lightweight RTE- jQuery
This rich text editor makes changing our basic editing needs as simple and easy as possible. Super lightweight, only 7kb Compatible with mainstream browsers Simple and elegant GNU General Public License HTMLBox – jQuery
HTMLBox, a cross-browser, open source jQuery library based on HTML/XHTML text. Passed the test of Mozilla Firefox, Inrernet browser, Netscape and Safari browser. The integrated HtmlBox is easy to integrate into CMS, forums, message boards, and blogs. Easy to integrate Compatible with major browsers. Size is only 15kb (minimum 11kb) Supports XHTML output. Supports Ajax dynamic preview There is a complete user manual that will guide you through every step of integrating HtmlBox into your application and customizing it. D Small Rich Text Editor – jQuery
A rich text editor that uses IFRAME elements and is very versatile and can meet our complex text editing needs. Size (~18k) ! (Portable/Minified JS, Plugins & CSS combined are 12k w/o GZIP, HTML can be reduced to ~3k using GZIP, Images (w/o emoticons) are less than 3k) Compatible Mainstream browsers support all basic functions and support plug-in function image upload, which is implemented through AJAX (using the AjaxFileUpload plug-in). The text area can be adjusted. Supports XHTML 1.0 validation and filtering (Note: this refers to the editor's markup and not to it's generated content which may or may not be valid!). With HTML correction capabilities WYMEditor – jQuery
WYMeditor is a web-based WYSIWYM (What You See What You Mean) XHTML editor.The main concept of WYMeditor is to leave the details of the visual layout of the document and focus on its structure and meaning while striving to provide users with a comfortable text editor XHTML strict CSS compliant No fonts or text formatting, sizes or colors – They are based on your css styles for easy integration into your application. No installation required. They are written in 100% Javascript code. No plug-ins, no delays. Supports Image, link, table. Supports CSS. Has APIs, supports free plug-ins. And open source compatible with major browsers TinyMCE – non-jQuery
TinyMCE is a platform independent, web-based Javascript HTML WYSIWYG editor that is open source. Super powerful HTML text or other element conversion capabilities to edit instances. Easy to integrate - just a few lines of code required Customization - themes and plugins, blocking invalid features and attributes. Compatible with major browsers – Mozilla, MSIE, FireFox, Opera, Safari and Chrome. Lightweight – PHP/.NET/JSP/Coldfusion GZip compressor, Makes TinyMCE 75% smaller and a lot faster to load. Compatible with AJAX- Compatible – You can easily use AJAX to save and load content! Support internationalization – Multilanguage support using language packs. Open source – Free under the LGPL license, millions of ppl help test and improve this editor every day. fckeditor – Non-jQuery
This HTML text editor has features similar to MS Word. It is lightweight and requires no installation Compatible with mainstream browsers Supports XHTML 1.0 You can customize your own CSS font formats: type, size, color, style, bold, italic, etc Text formats: alignment, indentation, bullets list, etc Support Cut, Paste, and Paste as Plain Text, Undo and Redo Paste from Word cleanup with auto detection Supports inserting pictures, uploading, and previewing Right-click drop-down menu Supports plug-ins Intelligent spell checker Lightweight and fast automatic detection and Personalized browser Yahoo YUI Rich Text Editor – Non-jQuery
The Rich Text Editor is developed by Yahoo YUI. It can replace standard HTML text; supports text font selection, bold, italics, ordered list, unordered list, link, drag and drop image, toolbar through Plugins are extensible and enable a high degree of personalization. Xinha – Non-jQuery
Xinha (pronounced like Xena, the Warrior Princess) is a powerful WYSIWYG HTML editor component that supports all current browsers. Its configurabilty and scalability make it easy to generate suitable content without limitations
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