codemirror data cannot be serialized without the submit event?

Question

I have this problem with codemirror which is quite tricky and I have no idea how to get around to it.

The data from codemirror just won't be serialized without the submit event - that's what I found out so far - like this below,

$(':submit').submit_form();

(function($){
    $.fn.extend({ 
        submit_form: function(options) {

            var defaults = {
            }

            var options =  $.extend(defaults, options);
            var o = options;

            var $cm = this.click(function(e){

                var form = $(this).closest('form');
                alert(form.serialize()); // the textarea field with codemirror returns empty

                $.post(form.attr('action'),form.serialize(),function(xml)
                {
                   ...
                   ...
                }
            });



        }
    });
})(jQuery);

html,

<textarea name="code_1" id="code_1" title="EMBED CODE" class="editor-codemirror" cols="" rows=""></textarea>

I have to change this line

var $cm = this.click(function(e){

to

var $cm = this.submit(function(e){

then the data in the codemirror can be serialised.

but I have to attach the plugin to the click button first and find its closest form and serialise its form data before ajax post. So I must use click event to trace the closest form.

I wonder if anyone has come across this problem before and what is the solution.

Answer 1

You're looking for the save method. http://codemirror.net/doc/manual.html#save