Output content as browser rendered HTML</a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2016-03-07T14:52:49.033" class="fromnow">Mar 07 '16 at 14:52</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2016-03-07T14:57:32.757" datetime="2016-03-07T14:57:32.757">Mar 07 '16 at 14:57</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 381 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 381 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="35846762" data-ownerid="3531333" data-score="0"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="35846762"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="0">0</div> <button class="js-bookmark-btn s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer py4"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconBookmark" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M6 1a2 2 0 00-2 2v14l5-4 5 4V3a2 2 0 00-2-2H6zm3.9 3.83h2.9l-2.35 1.7.9 2.77L9 7.59l-2.35 1.7.9-2.76-2.35-1.7h2.9L9 2.06l.9 2.77z"></path></svg> <div class="js-bookmark-count mt4" data-value=""></div> </button> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>I'm building a WordPress plugin which will allow front-end users to submit their answers via WYSIWYG initialized with <code>wp_editor()</code>, meanwhile on the back-end there will be a tutor, who will be able to access WYSIWYG submitted content and edit it.</p> <p>The problem I faced on this stage is using multiple instances of <code>wp_editor()</code> on the back-end (there not functioning properly is there are more than one of them). So after some research for fixing this I came to idea not to use <code>wp_editor()</code> on the back-end at all, and use <code><textarea></code> instead.</p> <p>Now my question is if there <strong>is a way to output <code><textarea></code> content as browser rendered HTML?</strong></p> <p>For example, if my string is '<code><ul><li>One</li><li>Two</li><li>Three</li></ul></code>', I want the output to be inside my <code><textarea></code> like: </p><ul><li>One</li><li>Two</li><li>Three</li></ul> <p>Curious, if it's possible without long PHP and JS. 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For what you want to do, you want to use dynamic HTML, likely an editable div.</span> – <a href="../../users/2149694/kainaw" title="4,256 reputation" class="comment-user ">kainaw</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/35846762/output-textarea-content-as-browser-rendered-html#comment59359003_35846762"><span title="2016-03-07T14:54:59.247 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 07 '16 at 14:54</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-59359082" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="59359082" data-comment-owner-id="3531333" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment59359082_35846762"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">yeah, that's right. It may be any other container, maybe div is even more suitable.</span> – <a href="../../users/3531333/markoffden" title="1,406 reputation" class="comment-user owner">markoffden</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/35846762/output-textarea-content-as-browser-rendered-html#comment59359082_35846762"><span title="2016-03-07T14:56:31.707 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 07 '16 at 14:56</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-59359176" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="59359176" data-comment-owner-id="487813" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment59359176_35846762"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Take a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1188581/how-to-make-an-html-div-element-editable-cross-browser</span> – <a href="../../users/487813/apokryfos" title="38,771 reputation" class="comment-user ">apokryfos</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/35846762/output-textarea-content-as-browser-rendered-html#comment59359176_35846762"><span title="2016-03-07T14:58:32.267 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 07 '16 at 14:58</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-59359683" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="59359683" data-comment-owner-id="3531333" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment59359683_35846762"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">thanks, guys) @apokryfos,I think your advice is a way I should approach to resolving my task</span> – <a href="../../users/3531333/markoffden" title="1,406 reputation" class="comment-user owner">markoffden</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/35846762/output-textarea-content-as-browser-rendered-html#comment59359683_35846762"><span title="2016-03-07T15:09:12.133 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 07 '16 at 15:09</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="answers"> <a name="tab-top"></a> <div id="answers-header"> <div class="answers-subheader grid ai-center mb8"> <div class="grid--cell fl1"> <h2 class="mb0" data-answercount="9">0 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">0</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="../../static/js/stack-icons.js"></script> <script src="../../static/js/fromnow.js"></script> </body> </html>