In simple terms, you need to "move" the content from the TinyMCE control to the textarea for validation.
$('button.save').click(function(){ if (tinyMCE) tinyMCE.triggerSave(); }); http://wiki.moxiecode.com/index.php/TinyMCE:Functions#tinyMCE.triggerSave On Jun 7, 7:36 am, Jörn Zaefferer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Diego A. wrote: > > I don't use TinyMCE but I have a similar problem with FCKEditor and > > Codepress (both JS based rich-text editors). > > > Usually, these RT editors update the contents of the field/textarea > > element just before the form is submitted, which probably happens > > after your validation. > > > I work around it by manually updating the value of the field/textarea > > before I call the validation/submit the form. > > Could you describe in more detail how you do that? As this issue is > quite likely to occur for others, I'd like to write examples showing how > to integrate validation with those editors. > > -- > Jörn Zaefferer > > http://bassistance.de