So I understand that the visual editor uses something called TinyMCE. How do I retrieve the html that the user selects from the visual editor? I am basically trying to create a button that gets the selected html and replaces it.
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The visual editor (TinyMCE) has its own API and since its a JavaScript Based editor you can get the selection using JavaScript very easily
tinyMCE.activeEditor.selection.getContent();
answered Sep 26, 2011 at 21:17
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And just for ppl to note, you can replace the selected content using tinyMCE.activeEditor.selection.setContent('<div>sample content</div>');– ShaanCommented Sep 27, 2011 at 2:26
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So, you could use this as a replacement to
send_to_editor, could you not? Commented Mar 20, 2013 at 14:42