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CKEditor Preview Method

I would like to have a button elsewhere on my page that runs the same method that clicking the "Preview" button does in the CKEditor toolbar. I'm using jquery so it would be something like this:

$('#previewButton').click( function () { 
$('#editor1').ckEditorGet().Preview(); 
});

Any ideas how I could accomplish this? I pored over the API documentation but can't find a word on it.

Cheers

Solution

  • Alternatively you can get the editor contents with $('#editor1').val(), and display it the way you prefer. This example uses a popup window:

    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="ckeditor/ckeditor.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="ckeditor/adapters/jquery.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready( function() {
        $('#previewButton').click( function () {
            var contents = $('#editor1').val();
            var mywin = window.open("", "ckeditor_preview", "location=0,status=0,scrollbars=0,width=500,height=500");

            $(mywin.document.body).html(contents);
        });

        $('#editor1').ckeditor();      
    });
</script>

<textarea id="editor1" cols="5" rows="5">
Contents...
</textarea>

<button id="previewButton">Preview</button>