Simon,

 

>>(because as far as I can tell, onblur isn't suppored by a html table).

 

I think the onblur event also apply to html table.

 
Please check http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/events/onblur.asp

Applies To

A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CUSTOM, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, hn, HR, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, OBJECT, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, RT, RUBY, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, window, XMP

>>Is there a way to apply the event handling to the text area generated by the editor control

 

You have to input the event handling code in the html view.

 

Also make sure Editor.EnableStripScriptTags Property is set to true .

 

Hope it helps. Keep me posted.