168530 - [RFE] Support MSHTML object or implement similar DHTML behavior in Mozilla

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 130796

(SeaMonkey :: Composer, enhancement)

Description

[fstmaurice]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826

This is an example of a now more and more used feature in IE by web developpers.
It allows non-programmers or people not accustomized to HTML to farmat HTML text
by WYSIWYG interface, directly in the browser.

I'm sure this goal is attainable with XUL, except that I have yet to see a
usable example that reproduce this IE DHTML behaviour. It forces us developpers
to use a java applet to reproduce the look and feel of IE. This is a very costly
solution though.

See the following doc to have more information on the MSHTML object:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/browser/editing/mshtmleditor.asp

Load the attachement in IE to see what I would like to have in Mozilla browser.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Load the example in IE
2. Play around with the text...format it as you like, view the HTML generated
with the view HTML mode checkbox
3. The javascript is encrypted for copyright purposes...



Expected Results:  
There should be a way to have the same type of widget in Mozilla browsers

Comment 1

[fstmaurice]

Attachment: MSHTML example...load it in IE

Comment 2

[Phil Schwartau]

Not a JavaScript Engine issue. Not sure of the right component for this,
but it seems most closely related to our Composer app. 

Therefore reassigning to Editor: Composer for further triage -

Comment 3

[Eli Friedman]

dup of bug 130796

Comment 4

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 130796 ***

Comment 5

[sujay]

verified.

Comment 6

[Kathleen :Brade]

reset owner in case bugs are reopened