As you quite rightly say, the $() 'doohickey' returns a jquery object that
is a bit like an array of zero or more html elements.
Without some help, regular javascript won't know what to do with the
doohickey, so if you need the element itself you extract it using the
.get(0) method (where 0 means you want the first item in the jquery
'array').
So you need to change you example to look like this:
iframe = $("#editorpane") ; // Fetch a jquery array containing one
element.
iframe.get(0).contentWindow.document.designMode = "on";
Note: You may also see different syntax in some examples, they mean the
same thing: iframe[0] & iframe.get(0)
I hope this is what you're after
George
theteep wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> Currently writing a simple Rich Text Editor using jQuery to replace a
> <textarea>. Am new to jQuery so have been learning as I go :)
>
> In the old days, to activate an iframe for editing, one would do:
>
> iframe = document.getElementById('editorpane') ;
> iframe.contentWindow.document.designMode = "on";
>
> is it possible for me to replace this code and avoid using getElementById
> with
>
> iframe = $("#editorpane) ;
> iframe.contentWindow.document.designMode = "on";
>
> I guess my question is really what *exactly* does the $() doohickey
> return? know that if you wrap the returned variable in $(...) then you
> can access it as a jQuery object, but if you don't do this, then can you
> use it as a normal javascript object?
>
> Hope this makes sense!
>
> Mike
>
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