Browser based IDE - Textarea with code completion available?

javascript textarea code-completion
vdboor picture vdboor · Jan 14, 2011 · Viewed 9.6k times · Source

Recently I discovered it's possible to have syntax-highlighting in a <textarea> using JavaScript.

Are there Open Source libraries which also support auto completion? I'd like to make a simple online editor for HTML/CSS templates.

Preferably, the completion is can be extended, so I can add custom rules.

Answer

Elian Ebbing picture Elian Ebbing · Jan 14, 2011

You should check this wikipedia page on javascript based code editors. It lists the MDK-Editor as one that supports auto-completion for html, css and javascript. You can see a demo here.

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