Solved. If any runs in to this quirk. I changed the cfinputs to inputs and it worked. I also noticed that if i placed the cfinputs below the textarea it worked as well.
> I can't get the cftextarea richtext=true to display after clicking > ajaxlink (or coldfusion.navigate) The cftextarea renders as a textarea. > > Page B works independently. > > Page A > <cfdiv id="contentDiv"> > <a href="#AjaxLink('/site/filesystem/ria/areapagechange. > cfm?aid=#areaItem.aid#')#"> > Please edit this text > </a> > </cfdiv> > > Page B > <cfform name="breakfastForm" method="post"> > > <div id="submitDiv"> > <cfinput type="submit" value="exit" name="close"> > <cfinput type="submit" value="save" name="saveChange"> > </div> > > > <b>Area page:</b><br> > <cftextarea richtext="true" name="description" id="descriptionid" > toolbar="Basic" wrap="hard" width="800" height="1000" > value="#areaItem.Longdescription#" /> > </cfform> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:326629 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4