Questions tagged [execcommand]

Executes a command on the current document, current selection, or the given range.

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execCommand() is now obsolete, what's the alternative?

I intended to use Document.execCommand() method along with contenteditable attribute to build my custom WYSIWYG editor. But when I checked the documentation for Document.execCommand(), I found that it's now obsolete. What's the modern (or extant)…

asked Mar 07 '20 at 19:11

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Javascript trick for 'paste as plain text` in execCommand

I have a basic editor based on execCommand following the sample introduced here. There are three ways to paste text within the execCommand area: Ctrl+V Right Click -> Paste Right Click -> Paste As Plain Text I want to allow pasting only plain…

javascript html dom-events execcommand

asked Aug 19 '12 at 14:10

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Contenteditable div vs. iframe in making a rich-text/wysiwyg editor

i'm trying to weigh the pros and cons of using a

vs.