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Frequently Asked Questions

Basic

Can I load/edit/save online documents with Xinha?

• Q: How do I set the content of the editor?
  • A: To set the initial editor content, simply put the entized HTML into the initial textarea
  • A: To set the content dynamically by Javascript, use the editor.setEditorContent(html) method
• Q: How do I get the edited HTML with?
  • A: Use the editor.getEditorContent() method

On the project

• Q: How can I help the project?
  • A: Use the editor with eyes open and tell us how to improve it at Github
  • A: Localize Xinha to your language (Translating Xinha)

Installation

• Q: How do I get started? See Newbie Guide

• Q: Do I need a webserver or can I use the script through file:// ?

• A: You can use it from a CDN if you want, see the Newbie Guide, but ultimately you’re going to need a server to actually do something with your HTML, right.

• Q: How can I change the default editor CSS?
• A: See (default CSS)

Editor usage

• Q: How to insert a
  tag ?
  • Use Shift+Enter (this is the same as you would do in most word processors by the way)
  • To change the behaviour of unshifted enter, in Mozilla set xinha_config.mozParaHandler = "built-in". In IE there is no way to change this.

Configuration

• Q: What options are there to make the editor fit my needs? See the Wiki: list of available options
• Q: How can I customize the toolbar? Wiki: xinha_config.toolbar
• Q: How can I make the h1 tag and other tags to be styled the way they will show on my website ? Wiki: xinha_config.pageStyleSheets/xinha_config.pageStyles
• Q: How can I change the default display font ? Font
• Q: Is it possible to start Xinha in fullscreen mode? Full screen
• Q: How can I hide the path bar ? Path bar
• Q: How can I resize the editor ? Resize

Troubles

• Q: Xinha doesn’t load though I have set it up according to the NewbieGuide
  • A: make sure _editor_url is set correctly and all files could be loaded
  • A: Check for any JavaScript errors
• Q: I have done everything explained in newbie document but the texts are always in English, how can I use my language file ?
  • A: Make sure your language file is up to date.
  • A: The translation system (i18n) will only work if you have a webserver or run Xinha from CDN.
• Q: My text appears strangely in my textarea ?
  • A: You should entitize data put into textareas Entitize data
• Q: Why get the changes only submitted when switching into HTML mode?
  • A: If you submit the form using JavaScript (form.submit())you must not have a button with id=”submit” in the same form
• Q: When i’m using the html code mode, all accented or umlaut characters are converted to normal.
  • A: Use the HtmlEntities plugin

Developers

• Q: Is there a list of all the functions Xinha uses? Xinha functions (probably out-dated)
• Q: How do I update the data in the editor? setEditorContent(), getEditorContent()…

Internationalization

• Q: How can I add my language to the Xinha translations?
• A: Translating Xinha

About the plugins

• Q: Is there a tutorial for plugin creation?
• A: Documentation/DevelopingForXinha/PluginTutorial - but see some of the other plugins for practical example!