WYSIWYG editor for IE [closed]

Answer 1

The InsertHTML command does not work in IE. However, IE's TextRange object has a convenient pasteHTML() method that you can use instead.

Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/RmXgy/1/

Code:

function getSelectedText() {
    var selectedText = "", sel;
    if (window.getSelection) {
        selectedText = "" + window.getSelection();
    } else if ( (sel = document.selection) && sel.type == "Text") {
        selectedText = sel.createRange().text;
    }
    return selectedText;
}

var sel, html = '<span style="background-image: url(foo.png)">'
         + getSelectedText() + "</span>";

if ( (sel = document.selection) && sel.type != "Control") {
    sel.createRange().pasteHTML(html);
} else {
    document.execCommand("InsertHTML", false, html);
}