Automatically save changes in RTE

Author: Alexey Romaniuha
Posted: 7/3/2007 3:37:09 PM

Question: is it possible to make Rich Text Editor save all changes instead of discarding them when user exits RTE without pressing Discard button?

Version: 5.3.1 rev. 070515

Solution:

Go to /sitecore/shell/Controls/Rich Text Editor/Default.html file.
Find <body> tag and make it look like this:

<body style="overflow:auto;width:100%;height:100%" onunload="javascript: OnUnload();">

Add following function to <script> section of a file:

      function OnUnload() {
        var form = scGetForm();
        form.postEvent("", "", "custom:unload");
      }

Create an extension class that implements the following behavior:

namespace Sitecore.Custom
{
    public class CustomRichTextEditorForm : Sitecore.Shell.Applications.ContentManager.RichText.RichTextEditorForm
    {
        public override void HandleMessage(Sitecore.Web.UI.Sheer.Message message)
        {
            base.HandleMessage(message);
            if (message.Name == "custom:unload")
            {
                if (System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Session["BUTTON_USED"] != null &&
                    (bool)System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Session["BUTTON_USED"] == false)
                {
                    base.Accept_Click();
                }
                System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Session["BUTTON_USED"] = false;
            }
        }

        protected new void Accept_Click()
        {
            base.Accept_Click();
            System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Session["BUTTON_USED"] = true;
        }

        protected new void Reject_Click()
        {
            base.Reject_Click();
            System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Session["BUTTON_USED"] = true;
        }

Compile an assembly and place it into /bin folder.
Copy /sitecore/shell/Applications/Content Manager/RichText/Rich Text Editor.xml file to /sitecore/shell/override folder.
Replace

with your class declaration, e.g.:

<CodeBeside Type="Sitecore.Custom.CustomRichTextEditorForm,Sitecore.Custom"/>

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