This works great in IE, but I tested it in chrome and it does not work. First I create a text area with HTML tags and color drop down selection. It should write into the text area "This is a p tag" and in the color that you pick from the drop down selection. jsFiddle . I only know javascript, haven't started to learn jQuery yet.
function createTextArea() {
var textAreaElement = document.createElement("textarea");
textAreaElement.id = "textarea";
textAreaElement.rows = "13";
textAreaElement.cols = "25";
document.body.appendChild(textAreaElement);
}
function textArea() {
var textarea = document.getElementById("textarea");
var mylist = document.getElementById("myList");
var options = mylist.options[mylist.selectedIndex].text;
var color = textcolor.options[textcolor.selectedIndex].text;
var element = document.createElement(options);
var mytext;
var textColor;
switch (options) {
case "p":
mytext = "I am a paragraph tag.";
break;
case "div":
mytext = "I am a div tag.";
break;
case "span":
mytext = "I am a span tag.";
break;
case "strong":
mytext = "I am a strong tag.";
break;
case "h1":
mytext = "I am a h1 tag.";
break;
case "em":
mytext = "I am a em tag.";
break;
}
switch (color) {
case "Red":
textColor = "red";
break;
case "Blue":
textColor = "blue";
break;
case "Pink":
textColor = "pink";
break;
case "Green":
textColor = "green";
break;
case "Crimson":
textColor = "crimson";
break;
case "Yellow":
textColor = "yellow";
break;
case "Dark Slate Blue":
textColor = "DarkSlateBlue";
break;
case "Dark Orange":
textColor = "DarkOrange";
break;
case "Dark Violet":
textColor = "DarkViolet";
break;
case "Deep Pink":
textColor = "DeepPink";
break;
case "Fuchsia":
textColor = "Fuchsia";
break;
case "Lime":
textColor = "Lime";
break;
case "Maroon":
textColor = "Maroon";
break;
case "Saddle Brown":
textColor = "SaddleBrown";
break;
case "Teal":
textColor = "Teal";
break;
}
var text = document.createTextNode(mytext);
element.style.color = textColor;
element.appendChild(text);
textarea.appendChild(element);
}
function textAreaElements() {
var selectElement = document.createElement("select");
selectElement.id = "myList";
selectElement.onchange = textArea;
for (i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
var options = document.createElement("option");
var elements;
switch (i) {
case 0:
elements = " ";
break;
case 1:
elements = "p";
break;
case 2:
elements = "div";
break;
case 3:
elements = "span";
break;
case 4:
elements = "strong";
break;
case 5:
elements = "h1";
break;
case 6:
elements = "em";
break;
}
var text = document.createTextNode(elements);
document.body.appendChild(selectElement);
selectElement.appendChild(options);
options.appendChild(text);
}
}
function textAreaColor() {
var selectElement = document.createElement("select");
selectElement.id = "textcolor";
selectElement.onchange = textArea;
for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
var options = document.createElement("option");
var color;
switch (i) {
case 0:
color = " ";
break;
case 1:
color = "Red";
break;
case 2:
color = "Blue";
break;
case 3:
color = "Pink";
break;
case 4:
color = "Green";
break;
case 5:
color = "Crimson";
break;
case 6:
color = "Yellow";
break;
case 7:
color = "Dark Slate Blue";
break;
case 8:
color = "Dark Orange";
break;
case 9:
color = "Dark Violet";
break;
case 10:
color = "Deep Pink";
break;
case 11:
color = "Fuchsia";
break;
case 12:
color = "Lime";
break;
case 13:
color = "Maroon";
break;
case 14:
color = 'Saddle Brown';
break;
case 15:
color = 'Teal';
break;
}
var text = document.createTextNode(color);
document.body.appendChild(selectElement);
selectElement.appendChild(options);
options.appendChild(text);
}
}
createTextArea();
textAreaElements();
textAreaColor();