Hi, If you use the javascript API @ http://docs.fckeditor.net/FCKeditor_2.x/Developers_Guide/JavaScript_API#FCKeditor_JavaScript_API
you can use a method called editorinstancename.GetHtml(); this will give you the inner html from the editor. you can write this to a variable and check the length of that from there... hope this helps > I am trying to check whether or not a rich text textarea has a value > in JavaScript. On a normal textarea box I can just use the elementname. > value == '' but that is not working when I have rich text turned on. > > Anyone have any ideas how to check it when rich text is on? > > Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:304063 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4

