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I managed to get the #content field html with this jquery call:

jQuery("#content").html()

This seems to be failing though on "Add New Post" pages. Any tips on how to get the contents of the #content div?

Cheers

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It seems there is no div#content within the Add New Post page! – Hamed Momeni Nov 16 '11 at 13:49
I can see it <div id='editorcontainer'><textarea rows='20' class='theEditor' cols='40' name='content' tabindex='2' id='content'></textarea></div> – giorgio79 Nov 16 '11 at 13:55

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The div #editorcontainer contains a regular textarea #content and an iframe #content_ifr.

The #content is filled with the saved contents of the post when the page loads. This means that any live edits of the content won't be returned when calling jQuery("#content").html(). For the same reason, you get an empty string in the case of a new post.

Where you really need to look for the live updated contents is in the iframe, which is used by the WYSIWYG editor. Here's how:

jQuery('#content_ifr').contents().find('#tinymce').html();

Also see: jquery/javascript: accessing contents of an iframe.

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Much appreciated. Noticed this works as well tinyMCE.activeEditor.getContent(content) Wonder if there is a universal solution, as there is a CK Editor plugin as well wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ckeditor-for-wordpress – giorgio79 Nov 16 '11 at 14:48
@giorgio79: doesn't work for me. Returns NULL. Also if I try tinyMCE.activeEditor.getContent(content) it gets an error saying activeEditor is null do i have to enqueue any script? – Sisir Dec 15 '12 at 7:24

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