Question

how to validate joomla default text editor on blur using jQuery?

This is the code what I used get text editor.

$editor = & JFactory::getEditor();
$editor->display('description', $this->my_data->description , 550, 400, 60, 20);

What I want is I want to show a warning message next to text editor saying “you can’t leave this blank”. I can do it in form submit but real challenge is how to do it on blur.

Answer 1

$js="function validateEditor(){
        var content = ".$editor->getContent('editorName').";
        if(content == '') {
           alert('Fill the description');
           return false;
        }
        return true;                 
    }";
$document =& JFactory::getDocument();
$document->addScriptDeclaration($js);

Add this code in your tmpl files

and call this javascript on form submit.