---
title: "Breaking: #62291 - RTE Deprecated JavaScript methods removed"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:breaking-62291-1668719172"
source: "Changelog/7.0/Breaking-62291-RTEDeprecatedJavaScriptMethodsRemoved.rst"
typo3-version: "7.0"
typo3-major: 7
type: "breaking"
issue: 62291
forge: "https://forge.typo3.org/issues/62291"
tags: ["JavaScript", "RTE", "Backend"]
rendered: "2026-09-18T17:00:34+00:00"
---

# Breaking: #62291 - RTE Deprecated JavaScript methods removed {#breaking-62291-1668719172}

See [forge#62291](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/62291)

## Description {#description}

The following RTE JavaScript methods, deprecated since TYPO3 4.7, have been removed:

HTMLArea.Editor.forceRedraw: use HTMLArea.Framework.doLayout instead

HTMLArea.Editor.convertNode: use HTMLArea.DOM.convertNode instead
HTMLArea.Editor.getBlockAncestors: use HTMLArea.DOM.getBlockAncestors instead
HTMLArea.getInnerText: use HTMLArea.DOM.getInnerText instead
HTMLArea.hasAllowedAttributes: use HTMLArea.DOM.hasAllowedAttributes instead
HTMLArea.isBlockElement: use HTMLArea.DOM.isBlockElement instead
HTMLArea.needsClosingTag: use HTMLArea.DOM.needsClosingTag instead
HTMLArea.Editor.rangeIntersectsNode: use HTMLArea.DOM.rangeIntersectsNode instead
HTMLArea.removeFromParent: use HTMLArea.DOM.removeFromParent instead

HTMLArea.Editor.cleanAppleStyleSpans: use HTMLArea.DOM.Node.cleanAppleStyleSpans instead
HTMLArea.Editor.removeMarkup: use HTMLArea.DOM.Node.removeMarkup instead
HTMLArea.Editor.wrapWithInlineElement: use HTMLArea.DOM.Node.wrapWithInlineElement instead

HTMLArea.Editor.addRangeToSelection: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.addRange instead
HTMLArea.Editor.\_createRange: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.createRange instead
HTMLArea.Editor.emptySelection: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.empty instead
HTMLArea.Editor.endPointsInSameBlock: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.endPointsInSameBlock instead
HTMLArea.Editor.execCommand: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.execCommand instead
HTMLArea.Editor.\_getSelection: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.get instead
HTMLArea.Editor.getAllAncestors: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.getAllAncestors instead
HTMLArea.Editor.getSelectedElement: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.getElement instead
HTMLArea.Editor.getEndBlocks: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.getEndBlocks instead
HTMLArea.Editor.\_getFirstAncestor: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.getFirstAncestorOfType instead
HTMLArea.Editor.getFullySelectedNode: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.getFullySelectedNode instead
HTMLArea.Editor.getSelectedHTML: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.getHtml instead
HTMLArea.Editor.getSelectedHTMLContents: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.getHtml instead
HTMLArea.Editor.getParentElement: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.getParentElement instead
HTMLArea.Editor.getSelectionRanges: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.getRanges instead
HTMLArea.Editor.getSelectionType: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.getType instead
HTMLArea.Editor.insertHTML: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.insertHtml instead
HTMLArea.Editor.insertNodeAtSelection: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.insertNode instead
HTMLArea.Editor.\_selectionEmpty: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.isEmpty instead
HTMLArea.Editor.hasSelectedText: use !HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.isEmpty instead
HTMLArea.Editor.selectNode: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.selectNode instead
HTMLArea.Editor.selectNodeContents: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.selectNodeContents instead
HTMLArea.Editor.selectRange: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.selectRange instead
HTMLArea.Editor.setSelectionRanges: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.setRanges instead
HTMLArea.Editor.surroundHTML: use HTMLArea.DOM.Selection.surroundHtml instead

HTMLArea.Editor.getBookmark: use HTMLArea.DOM.BookMark.get instead
HTMLArea.Editor.getBookmarkNode: use HTMLArea.DOM.BookMark.getEndPoint instead
HTMLArea.Editor.moveToBookmark: use HTMLArea.DOM.BookMark.moveTo instead

HTMLArea.htmlDecode: use HTMLArea.util.htmlDecode instead
HTMLArea.htmlEncode: use HTMLArea.util.htmlEncode instead

## Impact {#impact}

3rd party extensions adding plugins to the RTE and using the removed methods will fail.

## Affected installations {#affected-installations}

A TYPO3 instance is affected if a 3rd party extension of the RTE refers to the removed methods.

## Migration {#migration}

The affected 3rd party extensions must be modified to use the replacement methods.