Yahoo Mail does this kind of rich text editor (including dragging images off other browser windows). I haven't looked very deeply into it yet, but it seems to be done primarily with JavaScript.
Alexey --- On Tue, 3/24/09, phil swenson <[email protected]> wrote: > From: phil swenson <[email protected]> > Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: Getting Google to embrace JavaFX -> Idea for > Java / JavaFX coders with time on their hands... > To: "The Java Posse" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 10:53 AM > Uploaders are all over the place in Flash and I really doubt > that Java > can do a better job than Flash. Flash's install is > nicer, faster, > smaller, and has more market share. > > If you really want to provide something interesting I'd > build a rich > text editor that can be easily embedded in a web app. > > Should have all the standard features for rich text plus > something > that flash can't do: paste images from the clipboard > (and if possible > drag images from the filesystem). > > I have been requesting clipboard paste of the flash team > for a long > time and they still haven't delivered in Flash 10. > Flex doesn't have > a decent rich text editor component, it's pathetic with > absolutely no > image support. The javascript rich edit controls are OK, > but there is > huge room for improvement (basic stuff like end key goes to > end of > line, tab works right). And they of course can never do an > image > paste from clipboard. > > This control would be great for an email editor, capturing > screen- > shots for a bug tracker, etc. The one thing I don't > like about gmail > is I have to add images via the clunky attachment > interface. I want > to take a screen-shot and drop it straight in the email and > be able to > re-size it directly in the editor. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
