We have a client that wants a "characters left" countdown from a maxlength so we've created one with editor.attachEvent.  Buttons for this editor are very basic:  undo, redo, cut, copy, paste.  The following attached event function works great in IE but in Firefox and Chrome, the undo/redo buttons don't trigger the event.  Can anyone help with this?

function CE_attachEvent() { 

var editor1 = document.getElementById('<%= Editor4.ClientID %>');

if (editor1 != null) { 

var editdoc = editor1.GetDocument();

if (editor1.attachEvent)

editor1.attachEvent('onclick', UpdatePlainTextCount);

else if (editdoc.addEventListener)

editor1.addEventListener('onclick',UpdatePlainTextCount,true); 

if (editor1.attachEvent)

editor1.attachEvent('onkeyup', UpdatePlainTextCount);

else if (editdoc.addEventListener)

editor1.addEventListener('onkeyup',UpdatePlainTextCount,true);

 Thanks!

Hi,

Please try the example page below. I set the max to 5.

Regards,

Ken 

We have also tried the CuteEditor_OnChange function, which also doesn't pick up the undo/redo clicks in firefox or chrome.

And we also tried the CuteEditor_OnCommand function and it picks up the Undo/redo clicks but is a 'pre-process' action so it doesn't reflect the contents of the editor after the undo or redo action has occurred. 

Remember, this works for us in IE, just not Firefox or Chrome.

Any help at all to pick up the Cute Editor button clicks after the action has taken place would be greatly appreciated.  

Thanks Ken, but I guess I wasn't clear what we are trying to do.  We give the editor's character count remaining and then show the number in red when its has passed the max length.  No need for a detachEvent.  However the counter isn't correct when an Undo or Redo action happens in Firefox and Chrome.

So the real problem is our counter doesn't change when the user clicks the Undo or the Redo button....in Firefox and Chrome.  We need some event to look for that picks up a Cute Editor 'button up' (like keyup) that works in Firefox and Chrome...

Hi SJochums,

it has no API to catch the button up, but you can catch the button command by the api below.  It will fire when user click on anyone of the editor buttons.

Regards,

Ken 

 Ken,

That is true; the 'Undo' and 'Redo' commands are caught but BEFORE the action is done....so my character count down doesn't change even though the contents of the editor changed. 

I need something that I can catch the event of the 'Undo' and 'Redo' buttons AFTER the action is done so I can get the character count of the contents once the undo/redo action is completed.

This is pretty important to the client....and while the attached event function works great in IE, it doesn't in Firefox and Chrome.

Hi SJochums,

Then I suggest you remove the undo/redo button from the toolbar and create your custom button to achieve the undo/redo command, so you can fire another command after them. Like the example below.

Regards,

Ken