What is the best rich textarea editor for jQuery?

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Edward Tanguay picture Edward Tanguay · Oct 16, 2008 · Viewed 72.8k times · Source

Something like this one on the Stackoverflow site would be nice!

Or something non-jQuery that doesn't conflict with jQuery $() tags would be great.

Answer

Chris S picture Chris S · Feb 1, 2009

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned markitup:

markItUp! is a JavaScript plugin built on the jQuery library. It allows you to turn any textarea into a markup editor. Html, Textile, Wiki Syntax, Markdown, BBcode or even your own Markup system can be easily implemented.

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