The correct way to do this using HTML4.0 is to use an object inside a form.
However there are no browsers that support HTML4.0. AOL has promised full
HTML4.0 support for Netscape 6 (?) but we all know that that is just empty
marketing talk.
<form action="...">
<object type="text/html"></object>
<button onclick="this.form.submit()">Submit</button>
</form>
erik arvidsson
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> Hi,
>
> on my site I have a kindof replacement for the TEXTAREA tag in forms.
> When it's used, a rich-editing region is displayed if the client is
> Internet Explorer 4 or higher, and a regular TEXTAREA is used if it's
> any other client. Check out the following to see what I mean:
>
> http://www.aspforums.com/ASPScriptComponents/ASPRichEdit/demo/
>
> In many ways I suppose it's similar to Steal This Page
> (http://standardbrains.editthispage.com/).
>
> Now, I don't like the idea of it being specific to Internet Explorer.
> I'd far rather it worked with all browsers. Now, that's just not going
> to happen (DHTML standards being what they are), but at the very least
> I'd like to get similar functionality for Mozilla. The problem is I
> don't even know if this is possible.
>
> At the minute all the editing is done through an editable IFRAME which
> is manipulated through the IE DOM. Since this is all generated by a
> server-side component, I can quite happily output completely different
> code for Mozilla users. It's just a matter of finding out what to send
> to the client.
>
> I have done some digging, and while Mozilla does indeed have editable
> regions and IFRAMEs, it looks to me (and to the testing I've done) like
> this can only be done through XUL. From my knowledge of XUL, that would
> mean that it's not possible to embed that on a regular HTML page.
> (Since it's a server-side component, I don't have any control over what
> else is on the page. Similarly I can't rely on plug-ins being present or
> separate downloads of any kind.)
>
> So, are there any clues or pointers out there of how this can be
> achieved? Or even a definitive "No this is not possible in this version
> of Mozilla"? Either way, thanks for your help.
>
> aspf
>
