h1. This project isn't maintained anymore

Please check out this "fork":http://wysihtml.com.

h1. wysihtml5 0.3.0

wysihtml5 is an open source rich text editor based on HTML5 technology and the progressive-enhancement approach. It uses a sophisticated security concept and aims to generate fully valid HTML5 markup by preventing unmaintainable tag soups and inline styles. The code is completely library agnostic: No jQuery, Prototype or similar is required.

This project was initiated and is supported by the "XING AG":https://www.xing.com. Thanks!

h2. Features

• Auto linking of urls as-you-type
• Generates valid and semantic HTML5 markup (no )
• Uses class-names instead of inline styles
• Unifies line-break handling across browsers (hitting enter will create instead of or )
• Auto-parses content inserted via copy & paste (from Word, Powerpoint, PDF, other web pages, ...)
• Converts invalid or unknown html tags into valid/similar tags
• Source code view for users with HTML skills
• Uses sandboxed iframes in order to prevent identity theft through XSS
• Editor inherits styles and attributes (placeholder, autofocus, ...) from original textarea (you only have to style one element)
• Speech-input for Chrome

h2. Browser Support

The rich text editing interface is supported in IE8+, FF 3.5+, Safari 4+, Safari on iOS 5+, Opera 11+ and Chrome. Graceful Degradation: Users with other browsers will see the textarea and are still able to write plain HTML by themselves.

h2. Demos

• "Simple Editor with italic and bold buttons":http://xing.github.com/wysihtml5/examples/simple.html
• "Editor with advanced functionality":http://xing.github.com/wysihtml5/examples/advanced.html

h2. Companies using wysihtml5

• "Basecamp":http://basecamp.com - Leading web-based project management and collaboration tool
• "XING":https://www.xing.com - Business Social Network with more than 12 million members
• "Qype":http://www.qype.com - Largest user-generated local review site in Europe
• and many more ...

h2. Wiki

Check our "Wiki Pages":https://github.com/xing/wysihtml5/wiki including a simple "Getting Started Tutorial":https://github.com/xing/wysihtml5/wiki/Getting-Started.

h2. Research

Before starting wysihtml5 we spent a lot of time investigating the different browsers and their behaviors.

Check this repository: "https://github.com/tiff/wysihtml5-tests":https://github.com/tiff/wysihtml5-tests

A compatibility table for rich text query commands can be found here: "http://tifftiff.de/contenteditable/compliance_test.html":http://tifftiff.de/contenteditable/compliance_test.html

A pure native rich text editor with HTML validator and live source preview is here: "http://tifftiff.de/contenteditable/editor.html":http://tifftiff.de/contenteditable/editor.html

h2. Contributors

• "@tiff":https://github.com/tiff
• "@ingochao":https://github.com/ingochao
• "@uwe":https://github.com/uwe