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This is a continuation from this thread topic posted by Nathan82.

I’ve been banging the heck out of EditArea in my local install, using the latest SVN code (r2243), and it works fine, great for working on new templates and tweaking plugin code.

Basic instructions:

• Download the lastest version of EditArea
• Unzip it to your local machine, rename the folder to editarea
• Upload the editarea folder as a subdirectory under /textpattern on your web server

Edit /textpattern/lib/txplib_head.php, insert the following lines before the </head> line:

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="editarea/edit_area/edit_area_compressor.php?plugins"></script>
	<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
	editAreaLoader.init({
	id : "html"
	,syntax: "html"
	,start_highlight: "true"
	,allow_toggle: "true"
	,display: "later"
	,font_family: 'Consolas, Monaco, "Courier New", monospace'
	});
	editAreaLoader.init({
	id : "form"
	,syntax: "html"
	,start_highlight: "true"
	,allow_toggle: "true"
	,display: "later"
	,font_family: 'Consolas, Monaco, "Courier New", monospace'
	});
	editAreaLoader.init({
	id : "css"
	,syntax: "css"
	,start_highlight: "true"
	,allow_toggle: "true"
	,display: "later"
	,font_family: 'Consolas, Monaco, "Courier New", monospace'
	});
	editAreaLoader.init({
	id : "plugin-code"
	,syntax: "php"
	,start_highlight: "true"
	,allow_toggle: "true"
	,display: "later"
	,font_family: 'Consolas, Monaco, "Courier New", monospace'
	});
	</script>

What you’ll have is a toggle under Pages, Forms, Style and Plugin edit areas. This gives you the same speed the normal backend gives you but with a one click access to syntax highlighting, true tab support and full browser screen editing.

Enjoy and let me know how it works for you.