WYSIHTML5 - A Better Approach To Rich Text Editing
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wysihtml5
is an open source rich text editor based on html5 technology and the
progressive-enhancement approach. it uses a sophisticated security
concept and aims to generate fully valid html5 markup by preventing
unmaintainable tag soups and inline styles.
requirements : none
demo : http:/ / xing. github. com/ wysihtml5/
license : mit license
features
- it's fast and lightweight (smaller than tinymce, aloha, ...)
- auto-linking of urls as-you-type
- generates valid and semantic html5 markup (even when the content is pasted from ms word)
- uses class names instead of inline styles
- unifies line break handling across browsers
- uses sandboxed iframes in order to prevent identity theft through xss
- speech-input for chrome
- no jquery required
browser support
- firefox 3.5+
- chrome
- ie 8+
- safari 4+
- safari on ios 5+
- opera 11+
-
graceful degradation: unsupported browsers will get a <textarea>

requirements : none
demo : http:/ / xing. github. com/ wysihtml5/
license : mit license
Open source
MIT License
Text editor
Concept (generic programming)
Opera (web browser)
GitHub
IT
Semantics (computer science)
JQuery
Requirement
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