I've integrated CKEditor 3 (formerly FCKEditor) into my asp.net MVC (v3 to be specific) application. I have a RequiredAttribute in my model for the field that needs the editor but the client side validation doesn't work correctly with CKEditor. When I try to submit and I've entered data into CKEditor the required validation doesn't see the data. If I try resubmitting again, then it works. I've looked around online and can't find a solution. I am also using Jquery and using the Jquery adapter
http://docs.cksource.com/CKEditor_3.x/Developers_Guide/jQuery_Adapter
If someone is looking for a more generic way to do this you can add this javascript :
$(document).ready(function () {
if ($('.text-editor')) {
$('.text-editor').ckeditor();
$('input[type=submit]').bind('click', function() {
$('.text-editor').ckeditorGet().updateElement();
});
}
});
And use .text-editor css class on a textarea and it works just fine.
@Html.TextAreaFor(model => model.Description, new { @class = "text-editor" })
I find this solution eazyer than the other one, hope it can helps!