Kendo UI for jQuery Editor Overview

The Editor allows you to create rich textual content through a What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) interface and generate component value as an XHTML markup.

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Functionality and Features

Feature Definition
Read-only Editor The Editor supports an inactive, read-only state.
Modes of operation You can render the Editor in its classic or the inline mode.
Tools The component provides a predefined collection of user interaction tools.
Selection The Editor allows you to work with standard range objects that provide a polyfill for Internet Explorer versions which do not fully support them.
Image browser The component provides two ways of picking an image—by pasting an URL of an image or by browsing a list of predefined files and directories.
Format painter The Editor allows users to select a section of text and copy its formatting (font, size, color, and so on) and apply it to another section within the content.
Immutable elements You can also add HTML elements to the Editor that cannot be modified by the user.
Pasting content The Editor accepts content that users paste from HTML and Microsoft (MS) Word documents.
Post-processing content If the Editor is within a <form> element, the convenient moment to post-process its content is right before the <form> is posted to the server in the submit event.
Preventing cross-site scripting The Editor provides options for addressing security risks that can be caused by allowing the users to enter the HTML of your site.
Using the Table Wizard tool The Editor delivers the Table Wizard tool which enables the user to add and configure tables.
Appearance The Editor supports a number of options for styling its appearance such as configuring its size, using the default styles, and adding custom styles.

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