javascript, just like stackoverflow's comment preview

Question

Hi,

I need to do a preview just like how stackoverflow does their preview such as when you write questions or add comments.

Answer 1

Just to give an idea.

You can do that by wiring up a onchange event on the textarea in which you are typing and in the function that handles the onchange event update a div with the text from the textarea and that div is shown below which serves as a preview.

Thanks

Answer 2

I created this for you as demo. You can expand on that, hope that helps :)

Answer 3

In case your interested in the markup language (Markdown) too, plus the preview system, check out the live preview demos of

• Showdown
• WMD Editor

Answer 4

You can use a WYSIWYM editor for this.

WMD: The Wysiwym Markdown Editor