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jacques_ca
Maven
7 years ago

TinyMCE - Add text in the editor

Hi   I tried to add some content in the text editor. It works, when I use the code below in the console, however when I use it in the component, it seems that the code is not executed. tinymce.act...
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luk
Boss
7 years ago

jacques_ca or you just hook properly into the event lifecycle of TinyMCE =):

	// runs when an editor instance is added to the EditorManager list
	tinymce.on('addeditor', function(e) {
		var editor = e.editor;

		// wait for this particular editor instance to be initialized
		editor.on('init', function(e) {
			// when the editor is initialized, add the custom text
			editor.execCommand('mceInsertContent', false, '<p id="123">bolded text</p>');
		});
	}, true);

but of course you can also use the setTimeout() approach and hope for the best!