On Friday, February 24, 2012 12:08:15 PM UTC-8, Anthony wrote:
>
> On Friday, February 24, 2012 2:01:07 PM UTC-5, Alok wrote:
>>
>> Hi Friends,
>> Excuse me if this question has been answered. Also I am new to web2py but
>> I love, just love what I have seen so far.
>> One issue which is bothering me though is this.
>> When I try and edit a file using the Web based editor in Windows 7 and IE
>> 9, and bring up the file, the program starts either highlighting or
>> unhighlighting each and every line. This happens painfully slowly. On top
>> of thisn when I try to click on a empty line, either the click does not
>> register or the opposite process starts. If the lines were highlighted,
>> they start becoming unhighlighted and if they were unhighlighted then they
>> start becoming highlighted. (Highlighted=Selected)
>>
>
> If you switch to "compatibility mode" (i.e., IE7 mode), the editor will
> actually work a lot better (still some glitches, but fairly usable). You
> can also click the "Toggle editor" checkbox below the edit window, and it
> will revert to a standard textarea (with no syntax highlighting). Another
> option is to switch from the default EditArea editor to the alternative Amy
> editor -- to do this, in /web2py/applications/admin/models/0.py, change:
>
> TEXT_EDITOR = 'edit_area' or 'amy'
>
> to
>
> TEXT_EDITOR = 'amy'
>
> Note, the Amy editor works in IE9, but not IE<9.
>
> Anthony
>
Thanks Anthony. I am thrilled to be part of this web2py community. Your
suggestion worked and after making the change to just 'amy' the IE 9 edting
screen looks perfect.
