Disabling the editor
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Forum Name: Web Wiz Rich Text Editor (RTE)
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Topic: Disabling the editor
Posted By: abarker
Subject: Disabling the editor
Date Posted: 03 August 2005 at 11:43am
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I want to do to RTE something similar to what happens to an html input element when it's disabled attribute is set - you know, the input area gets greyed-out and you can't edit the text.
I want to disable the editor this way so I can prevent user input until a certain action is done and then re-enable it. Does anybody know how to do this?
Thanks
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Posted By: old_techhead
Date Posted: 03 August 2005 at 1:57pm
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I would think the simplest way would be to have some code in the page that had pseudocode similar to:
if permission_not_allowed
display RTE_text in table cell (no textarea)
else
display RTE_text in textarea (in table cell)
end if
then when permission_is_granted just go through the pseudocode again.
Hope that helps. The secret here is to not display the code inside a textarea until you want to be able to edit it. ------------- Please will someone bring back punch cards... |
Posted By: abarker
Date Posted: 03 August 2005 at 2:11pm
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Thanks for your reply. I could elminate the RTE textarea at times when I don't want it to be edited, but then the editor would disappear. I want it to appear to the user as if the editor is there, but not able to be edited. |
Posted By: old_techhead
Date Posted: 03 August 2005 at 2:48pm
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Ok... try the tips in this article. This should do what you want...
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/868/fid/130 - http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/868/fid/130 ------------- Please will someone bring back punch cards... |
Posted By: abarker
Date Posted: 03 August 2005 at 3:15pm
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Thanks again for the reply. The problem with this approach is that the textarea element that is used by RTE for some reason isn't affected by the disabled attribute. I tried it. For example, the following code normally gives me a disabled textarea: <textarea name="mytext" cols="70" rows="15" id="mytext" disabled="disabled"></textarea>
However, when I add the rest of the html/asp code to the page to have RTE use this textarea, the textarea will no longer be disabled. I'm not sure how RTE does it, but it effectively invalidates the disabled property for this textarea.
I think it'd be great if Web Wiz just included the 'disable' property as a special property that could be turned on and off on the fly since disabling its textarea doesn't do the trick.
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 04 August 2005 at 2:24am
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Can't you just put it in a div and use javascript/dhtml to toggle the display off/on?
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Posted By: abarker
Date Posted: 04 August 2005 at 8:14am
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Yes, that would be a fine solution and I almost did that. But what I really want, for the user's sake, is a way for the wywiwyg editor to be visible but just 'greyed out', like disabled text areas.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 04 August 2005 at 12:27pm
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It's a little hoky, but you could put it in a div and use z-order to
put that div behind another of the same size that has an opaque .gif in
it. As long as the div with the opaque .gif is on top and/or displayed it'll intercept anything the user clicks while "dimming" the form. You can use java script to either toggle the z-order or the display. -------------
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Posted By: abarker
Date Posted: 04 August 2005 at 3:58pm
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That's an excellent suggestion. I think I'll try it. Thanks a lot. Do you know of a good resource of information about z-order? I'll Google it, but to be honest, I've never done anything with divs & z-order.-Andrew
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 04 August 2005 at 4:53pm
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z-order is a css positioning thing <div style="z-order:2;">
goes in front of <div style="z-order:1;"> if both divs use
absolute positioning to overlap each other. Couple of examples of
something similar here - http://www.new2asp.com/Section_CSS/default.asp - http://www.new2asp.com/Section_CSS/default.asp You'd need to reload the page though when you toggle. With javascript/dhtml toggling visibiliity/display, you wouldn't rload. -------------
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Posted By: abarker
Date Posted: 04 August 2005 at 5:08pm
| Thanks for your reply. I'm also having quite a bit of trouble finding/generating an opaque image. Do you know of any good resources / image editors I might try? |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 04 August 2005 at 7:12pm
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I think Paint Shop Pro has a free trial you can download.
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Posted By: Kocken
Date Posted: 05 August 2005 at 6:29am
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Hi
Or you could use a filter on the layer.
<DIV ID="Genomskinligt" STYLE="position:absolute; top:157px; left:25px; width:801; height:800px; z-index:2
padding:10px; background:silver; filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(grayscale=0, xray=0, mirror=0, invert=0, opacity=0.50, rotation=0) progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color='#666666', Direction=135, Strength=16)"> </DIV> Dosent work in all browsers.
Here is an ex. http://www.kocken.com - http://www.kocken.com with opac and a shadow.
Its in swedish, but i think you get the hang of it.
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 05 August 2005 at 10:27am
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Actually, filters only work in 1 browser - lol. Catering to the IE crowd is increasingly a loosing proposition. http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp - http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp -------------
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Posted By: abarker
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 9:01am
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So it seems like an opaque image is the way to go. The only problem is that I'm having the hardest time generating an opaque image. I found an image online that was the right color, but not the right size. But when I try to edit the image, no matter what I do - stretch, copy & paste sections, etc., the image editor saves the image as solid instead of opaque. I'm using Corel/JASC Paint Shop Pro, and I even try to adjust the opacity of the layer, and it still saves as solid. Is there something about opacity that I'm missing here?
Thanks
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 1:44pm
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Actually, you don't need to have the opaque image be the actual size of
the rte. You just need it to be the background of a DIV on top of the
RTE. The DIV need to be the size of the RTE. Something similar - but in reverse - to what's here... http://www.new2asp.com/Section_CSS/Img_O_U_Text/translucent_text_area.asp - http://www.new2asp.com/Section_CSS/Img_O_U_Text/translucent_text_area.asp If you are having trouble setting it up, PM me with a url. -------------
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Posted By: abarker
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 3:43pm
| Oh yeah. Now I feel sort of silly. Thanks a lot, though. |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 6:23pm
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