[wp-hackers] Editor button cusotmizations

[Rob]

On 12/04/07, Elliotte Harold <elharo at metalab.unc.edu> wrote:
> Austin Matzko wrote:
> > On 4/11/07, Elliotte Harold <elharo at metalab.unc.edu> wrote:
> >> It's very weird that this is all done with JavaScript. It's not clear
> >> why this couldn't be simple HTML.
> >
> > You need the JavaScript to change the text in the textarea.
> >
>
> It needs JavaScript when the button is pressed, yes, but why are the
> buttons created with JavaScript? Why can't the buttons be created with
> plain old HTML?
>

At a guess, it's so that users with JavaScript turned off aren't
presented with a load of buttons with no functionality.

-- 
Rob

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