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CKEditor – Change the background color using JavaScript

I found a great article on how to change the background color of CKEditor on the fly.  This became a great approach when performing form validation:

Link is here, but for a quick reference, here’s how you reference it:

this.document.$.childNodes[1].childNodes[1].style.backgroundColor = 'Blue';

this refers to your CKEditor Instance (CKEDITOR.instances['instanceName'] or CKEDITOR.instances.formFieldIdName)


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