HTML Editing

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The Mozile project contains code which adapts Internet Explorer's Selection object to an interface like Mozilla's.
Converting your app from IE to Midas
execCommand compatibility

Editor	License	Pro/Con
YUI RTE	BSD	Pro works with all well-known browsers ( IE / Gecko / Opera / Safari / Konquerer ) Con Still in Beta (although the final release version should be out soon).

Xinha	HTMLArea (BSD based)

RTE	Creative Commons

RTEF	MIT	Pro works with all well-known browsers ( IE / Gecko / Opera / Safari / Konquerer ) Con no user-feedback e.g. which font or size is currently used

WYMEditor	MIT/GPL	Pro produces XHTML, uses CSS Con currently only available for IE and Gecko

dojo	BSD

TinyMCE	LGPL

FCKEdit	GPL, LGPL and MPL

Solmetra	GPL

FreeRTE	Creative Commons

CMSimple	AGPL

XStandard lite	Freeware

Loki	GPL

Whizzywig	-

command	Mozilla	IE	Opera	Safari
Bold	X	X	X	X
Italic	X	X	X	X
Underline	X	X	X	X
Strikethrough	X	X	X	X

Color
BackColor	X	X	X	X
ForeColor	X	X	X	X
HiliteColor	X	-	-	X

Font Handling
FontName	X	X	X	X
FontSize	X	X	X	X
IncreaseFontSize	X	-	X	-
DecreaseFontSize	X	-	X	-
Subscript	X	X	X	X
Superscript	X	X	X	X

Formatting and CSS
ContentReadOnly	X	-	X	-
StyleWidthCSS	X	-	-	-
UseCSS	X	-	X	-
RemoveFormat	X	X	X	X

User actions
Copy	X	X	-	X
Paste	X	X	-	X
Cut	X	X	X	X
Delete	X	X	X	X
Undo	-	X	X	X
Redo	-	X	X	X
Print	-	X	-	X
SaveAs	-	X	-	-

Alignment
JustifyLeft	X	X	X	X
JustifyCenter	X	X	X	X
JustifyRight	X	X	X	X
JustifyFull	X	-	X	X
Indent	X	X	-	X
Outdent	X	X	-	X

Hyperlinks
CreateLink	X	X	X	X
Unlink	X	X	X	X

Lists
InsertOrderedList	X	X	X	X
InsertUnorderedList	X	X	X	X

Basic (formatting) elements
FormatBlock	X	X	X	X
Heading	X	-	-	-
InsertParagraph	X	X	X	X
InsertImage	X	X	X	X
InsertButton	-	X	-	-
InsertFieldset	-	X	-	-
InsertHorizontalRule	-	X	X	X
InsertHTML	X	-	X	X
InsertIFrame	-	X	-	-

Form elements
InsertInputButton	-	X	-	-
InsertInputCheckbox	-	X	-	-
InsertInputFileUpload	-	X	-	-
InsertInputHidden	-	X	-	-
InsertInputImage	-	X	-	-
InsertInputPassword	-	X	-	-
InsertInputRadio	-	X	-	-
InsertInputReset	-	X	-	-
InsertInputSubmit	-	X	-	-
InsertInputText	-	X	-	-
InsertSelectDropdown	-	X	-	-
InsertSelectListbox	-	X	-	-
InsertTextArea	-	X	-	-
InsertMarquee	-	X	-	-

Bookmarking
CreateBookmark	-	X	-	-
UnBookmark	-	X	-	-

Selection and status handling
SelectAll	X	X	X	X
Unselect	-	X	X	X
MultipleSelection	-	X	-	-
Overwrite	-	X	-	-
Refresh	-	X	-	-

Misc
2D-Position	-	X	-	-
AbsolutePosition	-	X	-	-
LiveResize	-	X	-	-
gethtml	X	-	-	-
contentReadOnly	X	-	-	-
insertBrOnReturn	X	-	-	-
enableObjectResizing	X	-	-	-
enableInlineTableEditing	X	-	-	-