Howto change <p></p> tags to <br> tags on pressing enter?

[amper]

When pressing "enter" it closes </p> tag and opens new.
Is it possible to change this feature to include <br> tag without <p>?

Could not find this procedure in wysiwyg.js.

Thanks in advance.

[djr33]

Please include a link to the DD script in question in your post. See this thread (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6) for the proper posting format when asking a question.

I think you're referring to the openWYSIWYG editor?

That code is pretty complex. I've changed a couple things, but it's hard to find stuff in it. I'll take a look.

[amper]

Oops, sorry, of course it was about openWYSIWYG editor :)

[djr33]

Meh. I dunno. That javascript is very complex.

It uses a function to write more calls to other functions on the page, at which point I'm lost.

Yeah, I'm looking through it and I can't find anything about converting to html. I don't think it's based on the event of the user hitting enter, but rather in some converting thing that the text is run though, where it converst a line break to <p>, but I still can't find it.

[amper]

Write one more function to convert <p></p> to <br> on the fly? :)

[amper]

Cause I think that that tags are included by browser in DHTML... :(

[djr33]

I could write a function in php to do that easily; just not sure how to do so in JS.


<?php
//assume $text is the final text:
$text = str_replace('<p>','<br>',$text);
$text = str_replace('</p>','',$text);
//now $text has <br> instead of <p></p>
?>

All you'd need is the function to do a string replace in javascript (surely there is one), and call it onSubmit in the form tag.



Also, in dreamweaver, if you press shift+enter, it inserts a <br> instead of <p> tag. I was thinking this script worked in the same way, so I tried it out.
But... whatever I did, I just got <br> tags... no <p> tags. I don't get it.
Now... technically, since I'm on a mac, I'm pressing return, but I don't know if that is actually different in terms of javascript. It still enters a line break, so it would be seen in the same way by the JS.
Anyway.... any ideas why we're getting different things?

[amper]

In IE it works perfectly, on Shift+Enter it adds <BR> tag, on pure Enter it adds <P></P> tags.
Is there any way to switch the behaviour? On pure Enter - <BR>, on Shift+Enter <P>...? Or just emulate the pressed shift button...

[djr33]

Good question.

The issue is finding the coding, not changing it. If you find where it controls that in the JS, should be VERY easy to switch. But I can't find it...