I use ckeditor with a default content. Then I initialize (replace textarea) CKEditor with jquery and I edit the text. The problem is that var data = $( 'textarea.editor' ).val(); returns default content and also getData(). What I have to do to grab the actual content? Thank you very much var ed = $( '#ed' ).ckeditor( {toolbar :[ { name: 'basicstyles', items : [ 'Bold','Italic' ] }, {name: 'link', items:['Link']}, { name: 'colors', items : [ 'TextColor' ] } ] } );