Help needed. Default link color in IE

Is this so hard to answer?
Or is it a big secret only for paying contributors?

By "to change the link color for the editor on the fly using a javascript function" I mean:

After the editor has loaded and the end user want to change the link color of the editor then I would like that to be possible by calling a javascript function from outside the FCKeditor which again calls some internal functions of the editor.

I have managed to change the width and height and the background color of the editor. But I'm unable to make it work for changing the link color.

See bottom of this message for code I would like to use to change link color... and why that code is not working....

See below for code that I'm using for changing the width , height and background-color:

function set_editor_height(h){
document.getElementById('MyTextarea___Frame').height=h;
}

function set_editor_width(w){ document.getElementById('MyTextarea___Frame').width=w;
}

function setEditorAreaColor(instanceName,daColor) {
editor_frame = document.getElementById(instanceName+'___Frame');
if (editor_frame!=null) {
editor_source = editor_frame.contentWindow.document.getElementById('eEditorArea');
if (editor_source!=null) {
editor_source.contentWindow.document.body.style.backgroundColor=daColor;
return true;
} else { return false; }
} else { return false; }
}

Then I was hoping to use something like this for changing the default link color.. but unable to do so because I'm not able to make link: #FF0000
work when used for the body styling in the css file for the editor area.

See my first post here how I managed to set a custom link color... then you will see why my code is not working....

function manipLinkColor(instanceName){

alert("start the manipLinkColor");
editor_frame = document.getElementById(instanceName+'___Frame');
if (editor_frame!=null) {
editor_source = editor_frame.contentWindow.document.getElementById('eEditorArea');
if (editor_source!=null) {

var oBody = editor_source.contentWindow.document.body;
SetAttribute( oBody, 'link' , '#ff0000' ) ;

alert("after manipLinkColor");
return true;
} else { return false; }
} else { return false; }
}

Long time since I got a reply to a question in this forum so this was great.

Thumbs up.

Denny Valliant ... your previous answer worked but do you know how I do this.

I'm working on a CMS system.

I would like the editors to be able to change the body style dynamically without refreshing the page?
Is that possible? If so... how do I do that?

The best thing for me would be to apply a class to the body part of the editor, but that might not be possible.

If the above way is not working (apply a class to the body) then I will have to be able to manipulate the style attributes of the body.
This you have actually showed me how to do in your previous post..... but then if I define a child style of the body tag like this:

body h3 { styling here }

then how do I with javascript, change the attributes of the h3 tag of the body?

If none of the above is doable I guess I will have to submit the page and redisplay it when the user changes the class to use for the body of the editor. He could do that by change a dropdown outside the FCKeditor.
But as you know this is a little awkward way of doing it.

The reason I'm asking all these questions are:
I want the editor of a site being able to define some custom styles (classes). When switching between these styles (classes) he willl change attributes like:

background-color
color
font-family
font-size
link color
link text-decoration
title and subtitle attributes

In my opinion this will make it more easy for the editor to laiter alter the site content if he uses the class this way:
When starting to edit some content:

1. Select the class to use.
He will then have set the styles automagically for most of his content and will not have to e.g select a link and then a color for that link and then.....
If he wants to insert a subtitle, then just pick a H2 which is a "child" of the selected class.
Etc...

Most of the settings in the class would/should cover most of his needs.

Then if editor follows this way of working (which he of course not have to do), then applying another look to the site would be a really easy task.

But for the editor to be able to work like this then
I would need a fast way of changing the style setting for the body in the editor......

Blaaa... this got a lot longer than I was hoping for... anyway... hope you have some input or anybody else

Thanks for the reply.

Since I want my users to be able to use nested divs within the editor I find it a bit awkward to use this method:

var arr = editor_source.contentWindow.document.getElementsByTagName('h3');
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
arr[i].style.color = daColor;
}

Thanks for the csszengarden.com link

I have posted an open letter to FCK today and hope he can respond... then I take it from there.

I know how to use the CSS file.

The problem for me at least (and probably a lot of other that use FCKeditor in CMS systems) is that controlling the body styles using the CSS file is a bit problematic if you want to let end users change the style for the body of the editor area.

Someone posted a partly "how to" do that in my "Open letter to FCK" posted yesterday.

I was hoping that FCK could make it possible to optionally use styles (classes) this way in standard installation.

<body class="whatever-class">

where body above is the body for the editor area.

If it was possible to start FCKeditor this way (optionally) then it would be really easy for the users (at least mine) to switch between classes (styling) for the body or editor area...
if FCK implements a way of controlling the class in the page that displays the editor.

When I see how this works now and how easy it could be implemented.. .I'm a little more optimistic about future implementation....

*** FCK please implement this in future versions!!!! *****

If I only could get some feedback on my DIV issues posted in my "Open letter to FCK".....