<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>jQuery Validation plugin: integration with TinyMCE</title> <script src="../../lib/jquery.js"></script> <script src="../../dist/jquery.validate.js"></script> <script src="tiny_mce.js"></script> <script> tinyMCE.init({ mode: "textareas", theme: "simple", // update validation status on change onchange_callback: function(editor) { tinyMCE.triggerSave(); $("#" + editor.id).valid(); } }); $(function() { var validator = $("#myform").submit(function() { // update underlying textarea before submit validation tinyMCE.triggerSave(); }).validate({ ignore: "", rules: { title: "required", content: "required" }, errorPlacement: function(label, element) { // position error label after generated textarea if (element.is("textarea")) { label.insertAfter(element.next()); } else { label.insertAfter(element) } } }); validator.focusInvalid = function() { // put focus on tinymce on submit validation if (this.settings.focusInvalid) { try { var toFocus = $(this.findLastActive() || this.errorList.length && this.errorList[0].element || []); if (toFocus.is("textarea")) { tinyMCE.get(toFocus.attr("id")).focus(); } else { toFocus.filter(":visible").focus(); } } catch (e) { // ignore IE throwing errors when focusing hidden elements } } } }) </script> <!-- /TinyMCE --> </head> <body> <form id="myform" action=""> <h3>TinyMCE and Validation Plugin integration example</h3> <label>Some other field</label> <input name="title"> <br> <label>Some richt text</label> <textarea id="content" name="content" rows="15" cols="80" style="width: 80%"></textarea> <br> <input type="submit" name="save" value="Submit"> </form> </body> </html>