JFactory/getEditor

Returns a reference to the global editor object, only creating it if it doesn't already exist. The object returned will be of type JEditor.

Syntax

object JEditor getEditor( $editor )

where:

Argument	Data type	Description	Default
$editor	string	The name of the editor (for example, 'tinymce'). If null then the current editor will be returned.	null

Example

In this example, you can see how to display the editor and send specific display parameters.

$editor =& JFactory::getEditor();
$params = array( 'smilies'=> '0' ,
                 'style'  => '1' ,  
                 'layer'  => '0' , 
                 'table'  => '0' ,
                 'clear_entities'=>'0'
                 );
echo $editor->display( 'desc', '', '400', '400', '20', '20', false, $params );

For a complete list of parameters that can be passed to the TinyMCE editor, see the Joomla source file: /plugins/editor/tinymce.php.

See also

• JFactory->getEditor on api.joomla.org
• JEditor