Just Type – A jQuery Type Tool

If you have ever needed to quickly add some copy straight into your text editor, this could be the solution for you. Just type solves the mundane task of spell checking all your copy, whilst auto coding attributes such as bold, italic, links and headers. Just Type is a simple jQuery solution to help produce semantic copy with no fuss or technical knowledge.

How It Works

you can either download the package of use the page provided with this post to quick type anything you wish. To use simply enter the copy that you want to put into you text editor. Watch as any spelling mistakes are picked up by the browsers inbuilt spell checker, then feel free to use the jwysiwyg tools to create links, italics, headings and more. When your finished simply hit the get code button and the HTML output of your copy will appear below, free for you to copy and paste into your page.

There is no need to join or download anything, and even if you close your browser, the copy will be held for 1 day, so you can come back and pick up right where you left off.

Dependencies

This plugin uses:

jwysiwyg to create the edit box.

The jQuery cookie plugin to store save information.

The frameready plugin has also been implemented.

See It In Action

You can download the source code to use and extend yourself, or simply bookmark this page to come back and access at will.

I am always looking to improve my plugins and code, so if you have any suggestions or would like to modify the code yourself please feel free to let me know. I hope this is as useful to you, as it has been to me.