Setting default text via Javascript

[Tom.S]

Hi,
 I'm looking to add some text/html to a rad editor on page load.

The Rad Editor is being used on a NewForm.aspx page as a replacement for the default rich text editor. As the control is being added dynamically, i can't obtain a reference using the control name:

var editor = $find("<%=RadEditor1.ClientID%>");

So my approach is to traverse over the DOM and find the ID of the RAD editor control. I can do this successfully using the below javascript:

 

<script type="text/javascript">

_spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("fillDefaultValues");
function fillDefaultValues() {

 var oJobBrief = getTagFromIdentifierAndTitle("textarea", "TextField", "Job Brief");

 var temp1 = oJobBrief.parentNode.previousSibling;
 var oRadEditor = $find(temp1.id);
 oRadEditor._contentArea.innerHTML = "test";


}

    function getTagFromIdentifierAndTitle(tagName, identifier, title) {

      var len = identifier.length;
      var tags = document.getElementsByTagName(tagName);

      for (var i=0; i < tags.length; i++) {
        var tempString = tags[i].id;
        if (tags[i].title == title && (identifier == "" || tempString.indexOf(identifier) == tempString.length - len)) {
          return tags[i];
        }
      }
      return null;
    }
</script>

Using the $find function on Firefox returns a reference to the Rad editor instance. However I get nothing back when doing this from IE.

Can you help? Is there an easier way to set text in the rad editor for a specific page?

[Stanimir]

Hi Tom.S,

In our online Knowledge Base you can find an article called How to execute custom code called on RadEditor's events.
http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/aspnet-ajax/sharepoint/how-to-execute-custom-code-called-on-radeditor-s-events.aspx

I think that you might find this helpful.


Regards,
Stanimir
the Telerik team

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