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Editable Content WYSWIYG regions in MSIE

<SCRIPT>
function chgSpan() {
    currentState = oSpan.isContentEditable;
    newState = !currentState;
    oSpan.contentEditable = newState;
    oCurrentValue.innerText = newState;
    newState==false ? oBtn.innerText="Enable Editing" :
        oBtn.innerText="Disable Editing"
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY onload="oCurrentValue.innerText = oSpan.isContentEditable;">
Click the button to enable or disable SPAN content editing.

<BUTTON ID="oBtn" onclick="chgSpan()">Enable Editing</BUTTON>

<SPAN ID="oSpan">You can edit this text.</SPAN>
SPAN can be edited: <SPAN ID="oCurrentValue"></SPAN>
</BODY>

By simply adding persistence and a save this link to each editable region. You can now have a localised wiki. Without persistence the save can be uses with JSRS to save remotely withotu reloadign the page for a real wiki.

22 Jun 2002 mglazer » (Journeyer)