Browser Compatibility:
Rich Text Editor control will automatically determine the browser that has requested
the page and render the appropriate solution for that browser. However, some control
features cannot be rendered on older browsers.
Uplevel Browsers
Browsers are split into two distinctive groups: "uplevel" (newer versions) and "downlevel" (earlier versions). Uplevel browsers are defined as Edge Browser, IE 11, all Internet Explorer
versions from 6.0 up on Windows, Firefox 2.0+, Chrome, Mozilla 1.3+, Netscape 7+, Opera 9.x and Safari (1.3+). This includes
Macintosh and Linux. Rich Text Editor will render rich UI in uplevel browsers.
| Windows (all)
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Mac OS X/Linux/Unix
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Chrome
Edge Browser
Internet Explorer 11
Internet Explorer 6.0+
Firefox 2.0+
Netscape 9.0
Opera 9.x
Safari 2.0+
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Chrome
Firefox 2.0+
Netscape 9.0
Safari 2.0+
Mozilla 1.4+
Or any browser based on Mozilla 1.4+
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Downlevel Browsers
Downlevel Browsers are split into different groups as well. By further determining
browser capabilities, Rich Text Editor may render as simple UI, BBCode Editor, Mobile
UI(iPad, iPhone, Android) or a regular textarea.
| Render Mode
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Browser Capabilities
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| Mobile UI
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Browsers of iPad, iPhone, Android or other mobile devices.
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| Simple UI
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Browsers(IE 5, Firefox 1.0, Safari 1.3) have basic WYSIWYG
support.
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| BBCode
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Browsers support Javascript.
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| Textarea
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None of the above.
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Keep in mind that you don't need a supported browser to see HTML pages generated
using Rich Text Editor, you just need a supported browser to edit with Rich Text
Editor.
Rich Text Editor is pure JavaScript and HTML in the browser, it requires no browser
plug-ins, ActiveX controls or Java Applets.
Server:
| Component
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Supported Type
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| Operating System
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Windows Server
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| Framework
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Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0+
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Editor
You can use any text editor to set the required properties of the control and to
implement it in your pages.
Below is a list of the most commonly used editors:
- Microsoft Visual Studio.NET
- Microsoft Expression Web
- Macromedia DreamWeaver
- NotePad