Whizzywig
Web based rich text editor for free
Whizzywig is easy. It lets people create rich, formatted text through a web form. It actually creates xhtml, if you but you need no HTML knowledge to use it. If you can use a word processor or email, then you can use this.
Whizzywig is cross-browser: it is written in Javascript, which will run in nearly all web browsers. It is lightweight, at 25k, and is the most powerful rich text editor for its size. It does not require a Javascript library, and works independently of JQuery, MooTools, etc.
Whizzywig is FREE. Free to copy, free to use and free to change. Free for personal use, free for commercial use. See the licence for the details. Basically, it says it is FREE.
latest version is 59 November 4, 2009 - changelog
What they say
- Thanks for the wonderful versatile script - Phil
- My hat off the John and crew! This is hands down the best editor for ASP.NET or ASP I have ever used!!!!! - NetlinksCorp.com
- Thanks for a great piece of software - J Dyer
- Cet éditeur est mieux que d'autres que l'on peut trouver. Il est plus simple et contient les éléments essentiels. - BigFish
- THE FASTEST EDITOR for DRUPAL !!! - Drupal Whizzywig team
See it work
Try this demo
click!!!
See this demo using text buttons.
See this demo with mutiple edit areas.
see this demo in Spanish OR Italian OR German OR French or dutch.
See this demo configured with file browsers for images and links. After clicking the image button, click [Browse] on the insert image form.
Whizzywig Features
- Whizzywig is FREE. Free to copy, free to use and free to change.
- WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get (pretty much). Pronounce it "Whizzywig".
- Works with: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera
(some restrictions with Chrome/Safari) -
Bold,
italic, -
Indent,
outdent,
left justify,
right justify,
center text -
Undo and
redo -
216 'web-safe' color picker ... - ...but supports other colors and color names (e.g. red, orange, darkgreen, cornflowerblue, magenta, chocolate, indigo)
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Bulleted and
numbered lists -
create tables -
Insert and align images
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Insert and edit hyperlinks
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Clean
up after paste in from Word or other office products - removes unwanted
formatting so the the pasted text conforms to your site style -
view and edit the HTML source for the edited text
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Spellcheck (uses
ieSpell for Internet Explorer)
- Fully configurable toolbar: as many or few controls as you want, you choose the order, even the color
- can be translated into other languages - see this Spanish version OR German version.
- generates valid xhtml
- Attach your own stylesheet, so the editor output matches your site style - see customizing Whizzywig
- Small - just 25k of Javascript (but similar features to editors 5 times this size)
- Fast - Small and light weight and avoids pop-ups: no round trips to web server during editing
- Easy to install - just one javascript file - no extra files for dialogs
- Use text buttons, the graphic buttons supplied or create your own
- View and edit source
- Fully configurable toolbar: as many or few controls as you want, you choose the order
- Attach your own stylesheet
- Multiple whizzywigs on the same page
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add row above |
add column before |
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add row below |
add column after |
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delete row |
delete column |
To download and install
- Click whizzywig.js and Save As... to your PC.
- Upload it to your website - see Google on how to upload with ftp.
- To use whizzywig with text buttons - see the text button demo - that's all you need.
now read Using Whizzywig on web pages.
If you want the graphic buttons:

Right click the above image and "Save As" WhizzywigToolbar.png. Upload to the root directory of your website.
There are more files, examples and extras on the download page.
See also
- Using Whizzywig in your web pages
- customizing Whizzywig
- Change log for version info
- Frequently Asked Questions
- discussion forum
Yes..
...this page was made with whizzywig.
