YUI Library Examples: Rich Text Editor: Editor inside a Tabview Control

Setting up the HTML

First we will begin by adding a simple div to the page with the id of e_tabs.

Setting up the TabView Javascript

Next we need to create the TabView control.

Now let's add some tabs

Now that we have created the Tabview control, we can add some tabs.

Note that we are saving a reference to the tab containing the Editor's textarea in the variable called editorTab

Rendering the Editor

Now that we have a place for the Editor to live, we can now render it.

Full Example Javascript Source

(function() {
    var Dom = YAHOO.util.Dom,
        Event = YAHOO.util.Event,
        editorTab = null,
        myEditor = null;

YAHOO.log('Create the Tabview..', 'info', 'example');
    var myTabs = new YAHOO.widget.TabView('e_tabs');
	
    YAHOO.log('Add the first tab..', 'info', 'example');
    myTabs.addTab( new YAHOO.widget.Tab({
        label: 'Tab One Label',
        content: '<p>Tab One Content</p>',
        active: true
    }));
    
    YAHOO.log('Add the editor tab..', 'info', 'example');
    editorTab = new YAHOO.widget.Tab({
        label: 'Editor Tab',
        content: '<textarea id="editor">This is the editor content.. You can edit me!</textarea> '
    });

myTabs.addTab(editorTab);
    
    YAHOO.log('Add the third tab..', 'info', 'example');
    myTabs.addTab( new YAHOO.widget.Tab({
        label: 'Tab Three Label',
        content: '<p>Tab Three Content</p>'
    }));
    
    myTabs.on('activeTabChange', function(ev) {
        YAHOO.log('Active tab Change, check to see if we are showing the editor..', 'info', 'example');
         if (ev.newValue == editorTab) {
            var myConfig = {
                height: '100px',
                width: '600px',
                animate: true,
                dompath: true
            };
            if (!myEditor) {
                YAHOO.log('Create the Editor..', 'info', 'example');
                myEditor = new YAHOO.widget.Editor('editor', myConfig);
                myEditor.render();
            }
         }
    });
})();

Configuration for This Example

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