Can I prepopulate text in member comment box?

[Angelo Daniel]

I'm trying to prepopulate some text in the comment box on a member's profile page. I tried to use tinyMCE.activeEditor.setContent() in the custom code section, but it wasn't working.

Is there some other way I can access the editor or at least access the textarea with javascript to add some text?

Thanks,

Angelo

[Patrick Chappelle]

There is a code at JenSocial to place a notification box on members profile pages, but I'm not sure if it's one of her premium tips, or basic Ning tips.

[Ron Fritzemeier]

Cool, we'll definitely check it out. Maybe this can help us achieve our end game instead of what we have been trying to do. (I'm with the same network as Angelo)

We were able to add some text to the comment box with:

document.getElementById("xg_profiles_chatterwall_post_comment").value = "some text";

Unfortunately, that puts the text directly in the rich text editor (not the HTML) function of the tinyMCE editor, so if I put (character encoded) "<a href="link">link</a>" in the "some text" it displays in the comment as "<a href="link">link</a>" instead of as "link." Not sure how to get around this :-/

[Ron Fritzemeier]

Figured it out (noob javascript mistake I think).

I believe the custom code box that we use is fired before all the default ning javascript, so the tinymce functions were being called before tinymce was loaded. This is how I solved the problem:

setTimeout(function(){
tinymce.activeEditor.setContent("some text");
}, 1000);

Setting the delay lets the tinymce script fire first, giving access to the tinymce object and all of the associated functions :-D