nicEdit textarea's default value

Question

Here is a code

<?php 
if (isset($_POST['flag'])) {

    $length=strlen(trim($_POST['area']));
     echo "Length of abstract  :  ".$length;
     if (!strlen(trim($_POST['area']))){
        $abstractErrorMsg = "Please enter the abstract of your article";
        echo $abstractErrorMsg;
    }
}
?>
<form method="post" action="">
        <input type="hidden" name="flag" value="hidden">
        <script type="text/javascript" src="http://js.nicedit.com/nicEdit-latest.js"></script> 
        <script type="text/javascript">
                            //<![CDATA[
                            bkLib.onDomLoaded(function() {
                                nicEditors.editors.push(
                                        new nicEditor().panelInstance(
                                        document.getElementById('myNicEditor')
                                        )
                                        );
                            });
                            //]]>
                        </script>

                        * Abstract

                                <textarea name="area" id="myNicEditor" style="width: 300px;height: 100px;"></textarea>

        <input type="submit" name="btn">
    </form>

If i am submitting form without entering any text to nicedit textarea, it is showing length=4. Why it is so?Is there any default value of nicedit textarea ? If yes,how to change it?

Is this really the original code? I would assume that you have some whitespace characters between the `textarea` tags … — CBroe, Apr 09 '13 at 08:45
No there is not a single whitespace between tags.It s an original code. — Nirali Joshi, Apr 09 '13 at 08:51

Rajeesh V · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-09T09:06:41.093

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By commenting the 3 lines solve the problem. Search for the below code in niceEdit.js. By default it contains a <br />.

init : function() {
            this.elm.setAttribute('contentEditable','true');    
            //if(this.getContent() == "") {
            //  this.setContent('<br />');
            //}
            this.instanceDoc = document.defaultView;

edited Apr 09 '13 at 09:06

answered Apr 09 '13 at 08:49

Rajeesh V

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i m using nicEdit-latest.js – Nirali Joshi Apr 09 '13 at 08:56
I took the code in the answer from developer version of niceEdit.js file downloaded today from their website. (Version 0.9 r24 released June 7th, 2012) – Rajeesh V Apr 09 '13 at 09:00
using nicEdit.js textarea is not loading all the feactures.It just loads font-family ,font-format and font-size. I want all. – Nirali Joshi Apr 09 '13 at 09:15
I downloaded full version from here http://nicedit.com/download.php. Is there any other version exist ? – Rajeesh V Apr 09 '13 at 09:23
Also I am able to work all the features here http://nicedit.com/demos.php. Is that all you needed ? – Rajeesh V Apr 09 '13 at 09:34

nicEdit textarea's default value

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