Question

how can I init tinyMCE before the element it is to apply to is not yet visible?

So yeah, this doesn’t work in my case.

tinyMCE.init({

Answer 1

Assuming you are dynamically adding the textarea triggered from some action, then you can use the TinyMCE command “mceAddControl” to add TinyMCE to the page.

For example, if the textarea ID is “myText” then you add the editor control with

tinyMCE.execCommand('mceAddControl', true,"myText");

Of course, you need to setup the editor settings prior to adding the control. This is done by setting the setting attribute of the control. For example

tinyMCE.settings = {
                     theme: 'advanced', 
                     ....
                   };