From 8e192dbb785c26505cb4d0d9165fa5402683cedc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "w.stoettinger" Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 17:53:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Readme: Working with forms Inserted an example on how to work with forms to keep the textarea automatically up to date with SimpleMDE --- README.md | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d1922e6..86b20e7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -57,14 +57,31 @@ var simplemde = new SimpleMDE({ element: $("#MyID")[0] }); ## Get/set the content +Get the content + ```JavaScript -simplemde.value(); +var val = simplemde.value(); ``` +Set the content + ```JavaScript simplemde.value("This text will appear in the editor"); ``` +## Working with forms + +By listening to the `blur` function of codemirror you can ensure, that the value of the underlying textarea in your form always corresponds to the value of your SimpleMDE and vice versa. + +```JavaScript +var textarea = $("#MyID"); +var simplemde = new SimpleMDE({element: textarea[0]}); +simplemde.value(textarea.text()); +simplemde.codemirror.on("blur", function() { + textarea.text(simplemde.value()); +}); +``` + ## Configuration - **autoDownloadFontAwesome**: If set to `true`, force downloads Font Awesome (used for icons). If set to false, prevents downloading. Defaults to `undefined`, which will intelligently check whether Font Awesome has already been included, then download accordingly.