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Clear the editor with javascript

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Topic: Clear the editor with javascript

Posted By: tpigarret
Subject: Clear the editor with javascript
Date Posted: 10 June 2008 at 6:27pm

Hi all i implemented your editor on a website and i would like to put a button on the page where you click it, the html editor will be clear or equal to "" no html tags left over no nothing. i tried to make a javascript function that clears it to no prevail. is there a specific way to clear it please let me know

thanks

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Posted By: tpigarret
Date Posted: 10 June 2008 at 7:39pm

never mind i figured it out on my for future reference to anyone this is what i have and seems to work fine:

function clearEditior()
{
var editor = document.getElementById('WebWizRTE').contentWindow.document;
editor.body.innerHTML = "";

document.form1.paragraphBody.value = "";
alert(document.form1.paragraphBody.value);
}

where paragraphBody is my textareas name

Posted By: jamie.townsend
Date Posted: 11 June 2008 at 7:42am

Thanks for sharing with everyone !