aloha-rails 0.0.1

data/vendor/assets/javascripts/aloha/lib/text.js

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+/**
+ * @license RequireJS text 0.26.0 Copyright (c) 2010-2011, The Dojo Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+ * Available via the MIT or new BSD license.
+ * see: http://github.com/jrburke/requirejs for details
+ */
+/*jslint regexp: false, nomen: false, plusplus: false, strict: false */
+/*global require: false, XMLHttpRequest: false, ActiveXObject: false,
+  define: false, window: false, process: false, Packages: false,
+  java: false, location: false */
+
+(function () {
+    var progIds = ['Msxml2.XMLHTTP', 'Microsoft.XMLHTTP', 'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.4.0'],
+        xmlRegExp = /^\s*<\?xml(\s)+version=[\'\"](\d)*.(\d)*[\'\"](\s)*\?>/im,
+        bodyRegExp = /<body[^>]*>\s*([\s\S]+)\s*<\/body>/im,
+        hasLocation = typeof location !== 'undefined' && location.href,
+        buildMap = [];
+
+    define(function () {
+        var text, get, fs;
+
+        if (typeof window !== "undefined" && window.navigator && window.document) {
+            get = function (url, callback) {
+                var xhr = text.createXhr();
+                xhr.open('GET', url, true);
+                xhr.onreadystatechange = function (evt) {
+                    //Do not explicitly handle errors, those should be
+                    //visible via console output in the browser.
+                    if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
+                        callback(xhr.responseText);
+                    }
+                };
+                xhr.send(null);
+            };
+        } else if (typeof process !== "undefined" &&
+                 process.versions &&
+                 !!process.versions.node) {
+            //Using special require.nodeRequire, something added by r.js.
+            fs = require.nodeRequire('fs');
+
+            get = function (url, callback) {
+                callback(fs.readFileSync(url, 'utf8'));
+            };
+        } else if (typeof Packages !== 'undefined') {
+            //Why Java, why is this so awkward?
+            get = function (url, callback) {
+                var encoding = "utf-8",
+                    file = new java.io.File(url),
+                    lineSeparator = java.lang.System.getProperty("line.separator"),
+                    input = new java.io.BufferedReader(new java.io.InputStreamReader(new java.io.FileInputStream(file), encoding)),
+                    stringBuffer, line,
+                    content = '';
+                try {
+                    stringBuffer = new java.lang.StringBuffer();
+                    line = input.readLine();
+
+                    // Byte Order Mark (BOM) - The Unicode Standard, version 3.0, page 324
+                    // http://www.unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html
+
+                    // Note that when we use utf-8, the BOM should appear as "EF BB BF", but it doesn't due to this bug in the JDK:
+                    // http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4508058
+                    if (line && line.length() && line.charAt(0) === 0xfeff) {
+                        // Eat the BOM, since we've already found the encoding on this file,
+                        // and we plan to concatenating this buffer with others; the BOM should
+                        // only appear at the top of a file.
+                        line = line.substring(1);
+                    }
+
+                    stringBuffer.append(line);
+
+                    while ((line = input.readLine()) !== null) {
+                        stringBuffer.append(lineSeparator);
+                        stringBuffer.append(line);
+                    }
+                    //Make sure we return a JavaScript string and not a Java string.
+                    content = String(stringBuffer.toString()); //String
+                } finally {
+                    input.close();
+                }
+                callback(content);
+            };
+        }
+
+        text = {
+            version: '0.26.0',
+
+            strip: function (content) {
+                //Strips <?xml ...?> declarations so that external SVG and XML
+                //documents can be added to a document without worry. Also, if the string
+                //is an HTML document, only the part inside the body tag is returned.
+                if (content) {
+                    content = content.replace(xmlRegExp, "");
+                    var matches = content.match(bodyRegExp);
+                    if (matches) {
+                        content = matches[1];
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    content = "";
+                }
+                return content;
+            },
+
+            jsEscape: function (content) {
+                return content.replace(/(['\\])/g, '\\$1')
+                    .replace(/[\f]/g, "\\f")
+                    .replace(/[\b]/g, "\\b")
+                    .replace(/[\n]/g, "\\n")
+                    .replace(/[\t]/g, "\\t")
+                    .replace(/[\r]/g, "\\r");
+            },
+
+            createXhr: function () {
+                //Would love to dump the ActiveX crap in here. Need IE 6 to die first.
+                var xhr, i, progId;
+                if (typeof XMLHttpRequest !== "undefined") {
+                    return new XMLHttpRequest();
+                } else {
+                    for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+                        progId = progIds[i];
+                        try {
+                            xhr = new ActiveXObject(progId);
+                        } catch (e) {}
+
+                        if (xhr) {
+                            progIds = [progId];  // so faster next time
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (!xhr) {
+                    throw new Error("createXhr(): XMLHttpRequest not available");
+                }
+
+                return xhr;
+            },
+
+            get: get,
+
+            /**
+             * Parses a resource name into its component parts. Resource names
+             * look like: module/name.ext!strip, where the !strip part is
+             * optional.
+             * @param {String} name the resource name
+             * @returns {Object} with properties "moduleName", "ext" and "strip"
+             * where strip is a boolean.
+             */
+            parseName: function (name) {
+                var strip = false, index = name.indexOf("."),
+                    modName = name.substring(0, index),
+                    ext = name.substring(index + 1, name.length);
+
+                index = ext.indexOf("!");
+                if (index !== -1) {
+                    //Pull off the strip arg.
+                    strip = ext.substring(index + 1, ext.length);
+                    strip = strip === "strip";
+                    ext = ext.substring(0, index);
+                }
+
+                return {
+                    moduleName: modName,
+                    ext: ext,
+                    strip: strip
+                };
+            },
+
+            xdRegExp: /^((\w+)\:)?\/\/([^\/\\]+)/,
+
+            /**
+             * Is an URL on another domain. Only works for browser use, returns
+             * false in non-browser environments. Only used to know if an
+             * optimized .js version of a text resource should be loaded
+             * instead.
+             * @param {String} url
+             * @returns Boolean
+             */
+            canUseXhr: function (url, protocol, hostname, port) {
+                var match = text.xdRegExp.exec(url),
+                    uProtocol, uHostName, uPort;
+                if (!match) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+                uProtocol = match[2];
+                uHostName = match[3];
+
+                uHostName = uHostName.split(':');
+                uPort = uHostName[1];
+                uHostName = uHostName[0];
+
+                return (!uProtocol || uProtocol === protocol) &&
+                       (!uHostName || uHostName === hostname) &&
+                       ((!uPort && !uHostName) || uPort === port);
+            },
+
+            finishLoad: function (name, strip, content, onLoad, config) {
+                content = strip ? text.strip(content) : content;
+                if (config.isBuild && config.inlineText) {
+                    buildMap[name] = content;
+                }
+                onLoad(content);
+            },
+
+            load: function (name, req, onLoad, config) {
+                //Name has format: some.module.filext!strip
+                //The strip part is optional.
+                //if strip is present, then that means only get the string contents
+                //inside a body tag in an HTML string. For XML/SVG content it means
+                //removing the <?xml ...?> declarations so the content can be inserted
+                //into the current doc without problems.
+
+                var parsed = text.parseName(name),
+                    nonStripName = parsed.moduleName + '.' + parsed.ext,
+                    url = req.toUrl(nonStripName);
+
+                //Load the text. Use XHR if possible and in a browser.
+                if (!hasLocation || text.canUseXhr(url)) {
+                    text.get(url, function (content) {
+                        text.finishLoad(name, parsed.strip, content, onLoad, config);
+                    });
+                } else {
+                    //Need to fetch the resource across domains. Assume
+                    //the resource has been optimized into a JS module. Fetch
+                    //by the module name + extension, but do not include the
+                    //!strip part to avoid file system issues.
+                    req([nonStripName], function (content) {
+                        text.finishLoad(parsed.moduleName + '.' + parsed.ext,
+                                        parsed.strip, content, onLoad, config);
+                    });
+                }
+            },
+
+            write: function (pluginName, moduleName, write, config) {
+                if (moduleName in buildMap) {
+                    var content = text.jsEscape(buildMap[moduleName]);
+                    write("define('" + pluginName + "!" + moduleName  +
+                          "', function () { return '" + content + "';});\n");
+                }
+            },
+
+            writeFile: function (pluginName, moduleName, req, write, config) {
+                var parsed = text.parseName(moduleName),
+                    nonStripName = parsed.moduleName + '.' + parsed.ext,
+                    //Use a '.js' file name so that it indicates it is a
+                    //script that can be loaded across domains.
+                    fileName = req.toUrl(parsed.moduleName + '.' +
+                                         parsed.ext) + '.js';
+
+                //Leverage own load() method to load plugin value, but only
+                //write out values that do not have the strip argument,
+                //to avoid any potential issues with ! in file names.
+                text.load(nonStripName, req, function (value) {
+                    //Use own write() method to construct full module value.
+                    text.write(pluginName, nonStripName, function (contents) {
+                        write(fileName, contents);
+                    }, config);
+                }, config);
+            }
+        };
+
+        return text;
+    });
+}());

data/vendor/assets/javascripts/aloha/lib/util/class.js

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+/* Simple JavaScript Inheritance
+ * By John Resig http://ejohn.org/
+ * MIT Licensed.
+ */
+// Inspired by base2 and Prototype
+/*
+ * MODIFICATIONS: 
+ * * The name of the "constructor" method was changed from "init" to "_constructor"
+ * * Mixin Support using https://gist.github.com/1006243
+ * * Modified to be a require.js module
+ */
+define(
+[],
+function(){
+  var initializing = false, fnTest = /xyz/.test(function(){xyz;}) ? /\b_super\b/ : /.*/;
+ 
+  // The base Class implementation (does nothing)
+  // with doing that Class is available in the global namespace.
+  this.Class = function(){};
+
+  // Create a new Class that inherits from this class
+  Class.extend = function() {
+    var _super = this.prototype;
+
+    // Instantiate a base class (but only create the instance,
+    // don't run the init constructor)
+    initializing = true;
+    var prototype = new this();
+    initializing = false;
+
+    // Copy the properties over onto the new prototype
+	for(var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
+      var prop = arguments[i];
+      for (var name in prop) {
+        // Check if we're overwriting an existing function
+        prototype[name] = typeof prop[name] == "function" &&
+          typeof _super[name] == "function" && fnTest.test(prop[name]) ?
+          (function(name, fn){
+            return function() {
+              var tmp = this._super;
+
+              // Add a new ._super() method that is the same method
+              // but on the super-class
+              this._super = _super[name];
+
+              // The method only need to be bound temporarily, so we
+              // remove it when we're done executing
+              var ret = fn.apply(this, arguments);
+              this._super = tmp;
+
+              return ret;
+            };
+          })(name, prop[name]) :
+          prop[name];
+      }
+	}
+
+    // The dummy class constructor
+    function Class() {
+      // All construction is actually done in the _constructor method
+      if ( !initializing && this._constructor )
+        this._constructor.apply(this, arguments);
+    }
+
+    // Populate our constructed prototype object
+    Class.prototype = prototype;
+
+    // Enforce the constructor to be what we expect
+    Class.constructor = Class;
+
+    // And make this class extendable
+    Class.extend = arguments.callee;
+
+    return Class;
+  
+  };
+
+  	return this.Class;
+  	
+});

data/vendor/assets/javascripts/aloha/lib/util/dom.js

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+/*!
+* This file is part of Aloha Editor Project http://aloha-editor.org
+* Copyright © 2010-2011 Gentics Software GmbH, aloha@gentics.com
+* Contributors http://aloha-editor.org/contribution.php 
+* Licensed unter the terms of http://www.aloha-editor.org/license.html
+*//*
+* Aloha Editor is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+* it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+* (at your option) any later version.*
+*
+* Aloha Editor is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+* GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+// Ensure GENTICS Namespace
+GENTICS = window.GENTICS || {};
+GENTICS.Utils = GENTICS.Utils || {};
+
+define(
+['aloha/jquery', 'util/class', 'aloha/ecma5shims'],
+function(jQuery, Class, $_) {
+	
+	
+	var
+		GENTICS = window.GENTICS,
+//		Class = window.Class,
+		// http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core/core.html#ID-1841493061
+		Node = {
+    		'ELEMENT_NODE' : 1,
+    		'ATTRIBUTE_NODE': 2,
+    		'TEXT_NODE': 3,
+    		'CDATA_SECTION_NODE': 4,
+    		'ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE': 5,
+    		'ENTITY_NODE': 6,
+    		'PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE': 7,
+    		'COMMENT_NODE': 8,
+    		'DOCUMENT_NODE': 9,
+    		'DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE': 10,
+    		'DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE': 11,
+    		'NOTATION_NODE': 12,
+    		//The two nodes are disconnected. Order between disconnected nodes is always implementation-specific.
+    		'DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED': 0x01,
+    		//The second node precedes the reference node.
+    		'DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING': 0x02, 
+    		//The node follows the reference node.
+    		'DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING': 0x04,
+    		//The node contains the reference node. A node which contains is always preceding, too.
+    		'DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS': 0x08,
+    		//The node is contained by the reference node. A node which is contained is always following, too.
+    		'DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY': 0x10,
+    		//The determination of preceding versus following is implementation-specific.
+    		'DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC': 0x20
+    	};
+
+	
+
+/**
+ * @namespace GENTICS.Utils
+ * @class Dom provides methods to get information about the DOM and to manipulate it
+ * @singleton
+ */
+var Dom = Class.extend({
+	/**
+	 * Regex to find word characters.
+	 */
+	wordRegex: /[\u0041-\u005A\u0061-\u007A\u00AA\u00B5\u00BA\u00C0-\u00D6\u00D8-\u00F6\u00F8-\u02C1\u02C6-\u02D1\u02E0-\u02E4\u02EC\u02EE\u0370-\u0374\u0376\u0377\u037A-\u037D\u0386\u0388-\u038A\u038C\u038E-\u03A1\u03A3-\u03F5\u03F7-\u0481\u048A-\u0525\u0531-\u0556\u0559\u0561-\u0587\u05D0-\u05EA\u05F0-\u05F2\u0621-\u064A\u066E\u066F\u0671-\u06D3\u06D5\u06E5\u06E6\u06EE\u06EF\u06FA-\u06FC\u06FF\u0710\u0712-\u072F\u074D-\u07A5\u07B1\u07CA-\u07EA\u07F4\u07F5\u07FA\u0800-\u0815\u081A\u0824\u0828\u0904-\u0939\u093D\u0950\u0958-\u0961\u0971\u0972\u0979-\u097F\u0985-\u098C\u098F\u0990\u0993-\u09A8\u09AA-\u09B0\u09B2\u09B6-\u09B9\u09BD\u09CE\u09DC\u09DD\u09DF-\u09E1\u09F0\u09F1\u0A05-\u0A0A\u0A0F\u0A10\u0A13-\u0A28\u0A2A-\u0A30\u0A32\u0A33\u0A35\u0A36\u0A38\u0A39\u0A59-\u0A5C\u0A5E\u0A72-\u0A74\u0A85-\u0A8D\u0A8F-\u0A91\u0A93-\u0AA8\u0AAA-\u0AB0\u0AB2\u0AB3\u0AB5-\u0AB9\u0ABD\u0AD0\u0AE0\u0AE1\u0B05-\u0B0C\u0B0F\u0B10\u0B13-\u0B28\u0B2A-\u0B30\u0B32\u0B33\u0B35-\u0B39\u0B3D\u0B5C\u0B5D\u0B5F-\u0B61\u0B71\u0B83\u0B85-\u0B8A\u0B8E-\u0B90\u0B92-\u0B95\u0B99\u0B9A\u0B9C\u0B9E\u0B9F\u0BA3\u0BA4\u0BA8-\u0BAA\u0BAE-\u0BB9\u0BD0\u0C05-\u0C0C\u0C0E-\u0C10\u0C12-\u0C28\u0C2A-\u0C33\u0C35-\u0C39\u0C3D\u0C58\u0C59\u0C60\u0C61\u0C85-\u0C8C\u0C8E-\u0C90\u0C92-\u0CA8\u0CAA-\u0CB3\u0CB5-\u0CB9\u0CBD\u0CDE\u0CE0\u0CE1\u0D05-\u0D0C\u0D0E-\u0D10\u0D12-\u0D28\u0D2A-\u0D39\u0D3D\u0D60\u0D61\u0D7A-\u0D7F\u0D85-\u0D96\u0D9A-\u0DB1\u0DB3-\u0DBB\u0DBD\u0DC0-\u0DC6\u0E01-\u0E30\u0E32\u0E33\u0E40-\u0E46\u0E81\u0E82\u0E84\u0E87\u0E88\u0E8A\u0E8D\u0E94-\u0E97\u0E99-\u0E9F\u0EA1-\u0EA3\u0EA5\u0EA7\u0EAA\u0EAB\u0EAD-\u0EB0\u0EB2\u0EB3\u0EBD\u0EC0-\u0EC4\u0EC6\u0EDC\u0EDD\u0F00\u0F40-\u0F47\u0F49-\u0F6C\u0F88-\u0F8B\u1000-\u102A\u103F\u1050-\u1055\u105A-\u105D\u1061\u1065\u1066\u106E-\u1070\u1075-\u1081\u108E\u10A0-\u10C5\u10D0-\u10FA\u10FC\u1100-\u1248\u124A-\u124D\u1250-\u1256\u1258\u125A-\u125D\u1260-\u1288\u128A-\u128D\u1290-\u12B0\u12B2-\u12B5\u12B8-\u12BE\u12C0\u12C2-\u12C5\u12C8-\u12D6\u12D8-\u1310\u1312-\u1315\u1318-\u135A\u1380-\u138F\u13A0-\u13F4\u1401-\u166C\u166F-\u167F\u1681-\u169A\u16A0-\u16EA\u1700-\u170C\u170E-\u1711\u1720-\u1731\u1740-\u1751\u1760-\u176C\u176E-\u1770\u1780-\u17B3\u17D7\u17DC\u1820-\u1877\u1880-\u18A8\u18AA\u18B0-\u18F5\u1900-\u191C\u1950-\u196D\u1970-\u1974\u1980-\u19AB\u19C1-\u19C7\u1A00-\u1A16\u1A20-\u1A54\u1AA7\u1B05-\u1B33\u1B45-\u1B4B\u1B83-\u1BA0\u1BAE\u1BAF\u1C00-\u1C23\u1C4D-\u1C4F\u1C5A-\u1C7D\u1CE9-\u1CEC\u1CEE-\u1CF1\u1D00-\u1DBF\u1E00-\u1F15\u1F18-\u1F1D\u1F20-\u1F45\u1F48-\u1F4D\u1F50-\u1F57\u1F59\u1F5B\u1F5D\u1F5F-\u1F7D\u1F80-\u1FB4\u1FB6-\u1FBC\u1FBE\u1FC2-\u1FC4\u1FC6-\u1FCC\u1FD0-\u1FD3\u1FD6-\u1FDB\u1FE0-\u1FEC\u1FF2-\u1FF4\u1FF6-\u1FFC\u2071\u207F\u2090-\u2094\u2102\u2107\u210A-\u2113\u2115\u2119-\u211D\u2124\u2126\u2128\u212A-\u212D\u212F-\u2139\u213C-\u213F\u2145-\u2149\u214E\u2183\u2184\u2C00-\u2C2E\u2C30-\u2C5E\u2C60-\u2CE4\u2CEB-\u2CEE\u2D00-\u2D25\u2D30-\u2D65\u2D6F\u2D80-\u2D96\u2DA0-\u2DA6\u2DA8-\u2DAE\u2DB0-\u2DB6\u2DB8-\u2DBE\u2DC0-\u2DC6\u2DC8-\u2DCE\u2DD0-\u2DD6\u2DD8-\u2DDE\u2E2F\u3005\u3006\u3031-\u3035\u303B\u303C\u3041-\u3096\u309D-\u309F\u30A1-\u30FA\u30FC-\u30FF\u3105-\u312D\u3131-\u318E\u31A0-\u31B7\u31F0-\u31FF\u3400-\u4DB5\u4E00-\u9FCB\uA000-\uA48C\uA4D0-\uA4FD\uA500-\uA60C\uA610-\uA61F\uA62A\uA62B\uA640-\uA65F\uA662-\uA66E\uA67F-\uA697\uA6A0-\uA6E5\uA717-\uA71F\uA722-\uA788\uA78B\uA78C\uA7FB-\uA801\uA803-\uA805\uA807-\uA80A\uA80C-\uA822\uA840-\uA873\uA882-\uA8B3\uA8F2-\uA8F7\uA8FB\uA90A-\uA925\uA930-\uA946\uA960-\uA97C\uA984-\uA9B2\uA9CF\uAA00-\uAA28\uAA40-\uAA42\uAA44-\uAA4B\uAA60-\uAA76\uAA7A\uAA80-\uAAAF\uAAB1\uAAB5\uAAB6\uAAB9-\uAABD\uAAC0\uAAC2\uAADB-\uAADD\uABC0-\uABE2\uAC00-\uD7A3\uD7B0-\uD7C6\uD7CB-\uD7FB\uF900-\uFA2D\uFA30-\uFA6D\uFA70-\uFAD9\uFB00-\uFB06\uFB13-\uFB17\uFB1D\uFB1F-\uFB28\uFB2A-\uFB36\uFB38-\uFB3C\uFB3E\uFB40\uFB41\uFB43\uFB44\uFB46-\uFBB1\uFBD3-\uFD3D\uFD50-\uFD8F\uFD92-\uFDC7\uFDF0-\uFDFB\uFE70-\uFE74\uFE76-\uFEFC\uFF21-\uFF3A\uFF41-\uFF5A\uFF66-\uFFBE\uFFC2-\uFFC7\uFFCA-\uFFCF\uFFD2-\uFFD7\uFFDA-\uFFDC]/,
+
+	/**
+	 * Regex to find non-word characters.
+	 */
+	nonWordRegex: /[^\u0041-\u005A\u0061-\u007A\u00AA\u00B5\u00BA\u00C0-\u00D6\u00D8-\u00F6\u00F8-\u02C1\u02C6-\u02D1\u02E0-\u02E4\u02EC\u02EE\u0370-\u0374\u0376\u0377\u037A-\u037D\u0386\u0388-\u038A\u038C\u038E-\u03A1\u03A3-\u03F5\u03F7-\u0481\u048A-\u0525\u0531-\u0556\u0559\u0561-\u0587\u05D0-\u05EA\u05F0-\u05F2\u0621-\u064A\u066E\u066F\u0671-\u06D3\u06D5\u06E5\u06E6\u06EE\u06EF\u06FA-\u06FC\u06FF\u0710\u0712-\u072F\u074D-\u07A5\u07B1\u07CA-\u07EA\u07F4\u07F5\u07FA\u0800-\u0815\u081A\u0824\u0828\u0904-\u0939\u093D\u0950\u0958-\u0961\u0971\u0972\u0979-\u097F\u0985-\u098C\u098F\u0990\u0993-\u09A8\u09AA-\u09B0\u09B2\u09B6-\u09B9\u09BD\u09CE\u09DC\u09DD\u09DF-\u09E1\u09F0\u09F1\u0A05-\u0A0A\u0A0F\u0A10\u0A13-\u0A28\u0A2A-\u0A30\u0A32\u0A33\u0A35\u0A36\u0A38\u0A39\u0A59-\u0A5C\u0A5E\u0A72-\u0A74\u0A85-\u0A8D\u0A8F-\u0A91\u0A93-\u0AA8\u0AAA-\u0AB0\u0AB2\u0AB3\u0AB5-\u0AB9\u0ABD\u0AD0\u0AE0\u0AE1\u0B05-\u0B0C\u0B0F\u0B10\u0B13-\u0B28\u0B2A-\u0B30\u0B32\u0B33\u0B35-\u0B39\u0B3D\u0B5C\u0B5D\u0B5F-\u0B61\u0B71\u0B83\u0B85-\u0B8A\u0B8E-\u0B90\u0B92-\u0B95\u0B99\u0B9A\u0B9C\u0B9E\u0B9F\u0BA3\u0BA4\u0BA8-\u0BAA\u0BAE-\u0BB9\u0BD0\u0C05-\u0C0C\u0C0E-\u0C10\u0C12-\u0C28\u0C2A-\u0C33\u0C35-\u0C39\u0C3D\u0C58\u0C59\u0C60\u0C61\u0C85-\u0C8C\u0C8E-\u0C90\u0C92-\u0CA8\u0CAA-\u0CB3\u0CB5-\u0CB9\u0CBD\u0CDE\u0CE0\u0CE1\u0D05-\u0D0C\u0D0E-\u0D10\u0D12-\u0D28\u0D2A-\u0D39\u0D3D\u0D60\u0D61\u0D7A-\u0D7F\u0D85-\u0D96\u0D9A-\u0DB1\u0DB3-\u0DBB\u0DBD\u0DC0-\u0DC6\u0E01-\u0E30\u0E32\u0E33\u0E40-\u0E46\u0E81\u0E82\u0E84\u0E87\u0E88\u0E8A\u0E8D\u0E94-\u0E97\u0E99-\u0E9F\u0EA1-\u0EA3\u0EA5\u0EA7\u0EAA\u0EAB\u0EAD-\u0EB0\u0EB2\u0EB3\u0EBD\u0EC0-\u0EC4\u0EC6\u0EDC\u0EDD\u0F00\u0F40-\u0F47\u0F49-\u0F6C\u0F88-\u0F8B\u1000-\u102A\u103F\u1050-\u1055\u105A-\u105D\u1061\u1065\u1066\u106E-\u1070\u1075-\u1081\u108E\u10A0-\u10C5\u10D0-\u10FA\u10FC\u1100-\u1248\u124A-\u124D\u1250-\u1256\u1258\u125A-\u125D\u1260-\u1288\u128A-\u128D\u1290-\u12B0\u12B2-\u12B5\u12B8-\u12BE\u12C0\u12C2-\u12C5\u12C8-\u12D6\u12D8-\u1310\u1312-\u1315\u1318-\u135A\u1380-\u138F\u13A0-\u13F4\u1401-\u166C\u166F-\u167F\u1681-\u169A\u16A0-\u16EA\u1700-\u170C\u170E-\u1711\u1720-\u1731\u1740-\u1751\u1760-\u176C\u176E-\u1770\u1780-\u17B3\u17D7\u17DC\u1820-\u1877\u1880-\u18A8\u18AA\u18B0-\u18F5\u1900-\u191C\u1950-\u196D\u1970-\u1974\u1980-\u19AB\u19C1-\u19C7\u1A00-\u1A16\u1A20-\u1A54\u1AA7\u1B05-\u1B33\u1B45-\u1B4B\u1B83-\u1BA0\u1BAE\u1BAF\u1C00-\u1C23\u1C4D-\u1C4F\u1C5A-\u1C7D\u1CE9-\u1CEC\u1CEE-\u1CF1\u1D00-\u1DBF\u1E00-\u1F15\u1F18-\u1F1D\u1F20-\u1F45\u1F48-\u1F4D\u1F50-\u1F57\u1F59\u1F5B\u1F5D\u1F5F-\u1F7D\u1F80-\u1FB4\u1FB6-\u1FBC\u1FBE\u1FC2-\u1FC4\u1FC6-\u1FCC\u1FD0-\u1FD3\u1FD6-\u1FDB\u1FE0-\u1FEC\u1FF2-\u1FF4\u1FF6-\u1FFC\u2071\u207F\u2090-\u2094\u2102\u2107\u210A-\u2113\u2115\u2119-\u211D\u2124\u2126\u2128\u212A-\u212D\u212F-\u2139\u213C-\u213F\u2145-\u2149\u214E\u2183\u2184\u2C00-\u2C2E\u2C30-\u2C5E\u2C60-\u2CE4\u2CEB-\u2CEE\u2D00-\u2D25\u2D30-\u2D65\u2D6F\u2D80-\u2D96\u2DA0-\u2DA6\u2DA8-\u2DAE\u2DB0-\u2DB6\u2DB8-\u2DBE\u2DC0-\u2DC6\u2DC8-\u2DCE\u2DD0-\u2DD6\u2DD8-\u2DDE\u2E2F\u3005\u3006\u3031-\u3035\u303B\u303C\u3041-\u3096\u309D-\u309F\u30A1-\u30FA\u30FC-\u30FF\u3105-\u312D\u3131-\u318E\u31A0-\u31B7\u31F0-\u31FF\u3400-\u4DB5\u4E00-\u9FCB\uA000-\uA48C\uA4D0-\uA4FD\uA500-\uA60C\uA610-\uA61F\uA62A\uA62B\uA640-\uA65F\uA662-\uA66E\uA67F-\uA697\uA6A0-\uA6E5\uA717-\uA71F\uA722-\uA788\uA78B\uA78C\uA7FB-\uA801\uA803-\uA805\uA807-\uA80A\uA80C-\uA822\uA840-\uA873\uA882-\uA8B3\uA8F2-\uA8F7\uA8FB\uA90A-\uA925\uA930-\uA946\uA960-\uA97C\uA984-\uA9B2\uA9CF\uAA00-\uAA28\uAA40-\uAA42\uAA44-\uAA4B\uAA60-\uAA76\uAA7A\uAA80-\uAAAF\uAAB1\uAAB5\uAAB6\uAAB9-\uAABD\uAAC0\uAAC2\uAADB-\uAADD\uABC0-\uABE2\uAC00-\uD7A3\uD7B0-\uD7C6\uD7CB-\uD7FB\uF900-\uFA2D\uFA30-\uFA6D\uFA70-\uFAD9\uFB00-\uFB06\uFB13-\uFB17\uFB1D\uFB1F-\uFB28\uFB2A-\uFB36\uFB38-\uFB3C\uFB3E\uFB40\uFB41\uFB43\uFB44\uFB46-\uFBB1\uFBD3-\uFD3D\uFD50-\uFD8F\uFD92-\uFDC7\uFDF0-\uFDFB\uFE70-\uFE74\uFE76-\uFEFC\uFF21-\uFF3A\uFF41-\uFF5A\uFF66-\uFFBE\uFFC2-\uFFC7\uFFCA-\uFFCF\uFFD2-\uFFD7\uFFDA-\uFFDC]/,
+
+	/**
+	 * Tags which can safely be merged
+	 * @hide
+	 */
+	mergeableTags: ['b', 'code', 'del', 'em', 'i', 'ins', 'strong', 'sub', 'sup', '#text'],
+
+	/**
+	 * Tags which do not mark word boundaries
+	 * @hide
+	 */
+	nonWordBoundaryTags: ['a', 'b', 'code', 'del', 'em', 'i', 'ins', 'span', 'strong', 'sub', 'sup', '#text'],
+
+	/**
+	 * Tags which are considered 'nonempty', even if they have no children (or not data)
+	 * TODO: finish this list
+	 * @hide
+	 */
+	nonEmptyTags: ['br'],
+
+	/**
+	 * Tags which make up Flow Content or Phrasing Content, according to the HTML 5 specification,
+	 * @see http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#flow-content
+	 * @see http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#phrasing-content
+	 * @hide
+	 */
+	tags: {
+		'flow' : [ 'a', 'abbr', 'address', 'area', 'article', 'aside', 'audio',
+				'b', 'bdo', 'blockquote', 'br', 'button', 'canvas', 'cite', 'code',
+				'command', 'datalist', 'del', 'details', 'dfn', 'div', 'dl', 'em',
+				'embed', 'fieldset', 'figure', 'footer', 'form', 'h1', 'h2', 'h3',
+				'h4', 'h5', 'h6', 'header', 'hgroup', 'hr', 'i', 'iframe', 'img',
+				'input', 'ins', 'kbd', 'keygen', 'label', 'map', 'mark', 'math',
+				'menu', 'meter', 'nav', 'noscript', 'object', 'ol', 'output', 'p',
+				'pre', 'progress', 'q', 'ruby', 'samp', 'script', 'section',
+				'select', 'small', 'span', 'strong', 'style', 'sub', 'sup', 'svg',
+				'table', 'textarea', 'time', 'ul', 'var', 'video', 'wbr', '#text' ],
+		'phrasing' : [ 'a', 'abbr', 'area', 'audio', 'b', 'bdo', 'br', 'button',
+				'canvas', 'cite', 'code', 'command', 'datalist', 'del', 'dfn',
+				'em', 'embed', 'i', 'iframe', 'img', 'input', 'ins', 'kbd',
+				'keygen', 'label', 'map', 'mark', 'math', 'meter', 'noscript',
+				'object', 'output', 'progress', 'q', 'ruby', 'samp', 'script',
+				'select', 'small', 'span', 'strong', 'sub', 'sup', 'svg',
+				'textarea', 'time', 'var', 'video', 'wbr', '#text' ]
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Possible children of tags, according to the HTML 5
+	 * specification.
+	 * See http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#elements-1
+	 * Moved to http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#elements-1
+	 * @hide
+	 */
+	children: {
+		'a' : 'phrasing', // transparent
+		'abbr' : 'phrasing',
+		'address' : 'flow',
+		'area' : 'empty',
+		'article' : 'flow',
+		'aside' : 'flow',
+		'audio' : 'source', // transparent
+		'b' : 'phrasing',
+		'base' : 'empty',
+		'bdo' : 'phrasing',
+		'blockquote' : 'phrasing',
+		'body' : 'flow',
+		'br' : 'empty',
+		'button' : 'phrasing',
+		'canvas' : 'phrasing', // transparent
+		'caption' : 'flow',
+		'cite' : 'phrasing',
+		'code' : 'phrasing',
+		'col' : 'empty',
+		'colgroup' : 'col',
+		'command' : 'empty',
+		'datalist' : ['phrasing', 'option'],
+		'dd' : 'flow',
+		'del' : 'phrasing',
+		'div' : 'flow',
+		'details' : ['summary', 'flow'],
+		'dfn' : 'flow',
+		'dl' : ['dt','dd'],
+		'dt' : 'phrasing', // varies
+		'em' : 'phrasing',
+		'embed' : 'empty',
+		'fieldset' : ['legend', 'flow'],
+		'figcaption': 'flow',
+		'figure' :  ['figcaption', 'flow'],
+		'footer' : 'flow',
+		'form' : 'flow',
+		'h1' : 'phrasing',
+		'h2' : 'phrasing',
+		'h3' : 'phrasing',
+		'h4' : 'phrasing',
+		'h5' : 'phrasing',
+		'h6' : 'phrasing',
+		//head
+		'header' : 'flow',
+		'hgroup' : ['h1','h2','h3','h4','h5','h6'],
+		'hr' : 'empty',
+		//html :)
+		'i' : 'phrasing',
+		'iframe' : '#text',
+		'img' : 'empty',
+		'input' : 'empty',
+		'ins' : 'phrasing', // transparent
+		'kbd' : 'phrasing',
+		'keygen' : 'empty',
+		'label' : 'phrasing',
+		'legend' : 'phrasing',
+		'li' : 'flow',
+		'link' : 'empty',
+		'map' : 'area', // transparent
+		'mark' : 'phrasing',
+		'menu' : ['li', 'flow'],
+		'meta' : 'empty',
+		'meter' : 'phrasing',
+		'nav' : 'flow',
+		'noscript' : 'phrasing', // varies
+		'object' : 'param', // transparent
+		'ol' : 'li',
+		'optgroup' : 'option',
+		'option' : '#text',
+		'output' : 'phrasing',
+		'p' : 'phrasing',
+		'param' : 'empty',
+		'pre' : 'phrasing',
+		'progress' : 'phrasing',
+		'q' : 'phrasing',
+		'rp' : 'phrasing',
+		'rt' : 'phrasing',
+		'ruby' : ['phrasing', 'rt', 'rp'],
+		's' : 'phrasing',
+		'samp' : 'pharsing',
+		'script' : '#script', //script
+		'section' : 'flow',
+		'select' : ['option', 'optgroup'],
+		'small' : 'phrasing',
+		'source' : 'empty',
+		'span' : 'phrasing',
+		'strong' : 'phrasing',
+		'style' : 'phrasing', // varies
+		'sub' : 'phrasing',
+		'summary' : 'phrasing',
+		'sup' : 'phrasing',
+		'table' : ['caption', 'colgroup', 'thead', 'tbody', 'tfoot', 'tr'],
+		'tbody' : 'tr',
+		'td' : 'flow',
+		'textarea' : '#text',
+		'tfoot' : 'tr',
+		'th' : 'phrasing',
+		'thead' : 'tr',
+		'time' : 'phrasing',
+		'title' : '#text',
+		'tr' : ['th', 'td'],
+		'track' : 'empty',
+		'ul' : 'li',
+		'var' : 'phrasing',
+		'video' : 'source', // transparent
+		'wbr' : 'empty'
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * List of nodenames of blocklevel elements
+	 * TODO: finish this list
+	 * @hide
+	 */
+	blockLevelElements: ['p', 'h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6', 'blockquote', 'div', 'pre'],
+
+	/**
+	 * List of nodenames of list elements
+	 * @hide
+	 */
+	listElements: ['li', 'ol', 'ul'],
+
+	/**
+	 * Splits a DOM element at the given position up until the limiting object(s), so that it is valid HTML again afterwards.
+	 * @param {RangeObject} range Range object that indicates the position of the splitting.
+	 *				This range will be updated, so that it represents the same range as before the split.
+	 * @param {jQuery} limit Limiting node(s) for the split.
+	 *				The limiting node will not be included in the split itself.
+	 *				If no limiting object is set, the document body will be the limiting object.
+	 * @param {boolean} atEnd If set to true, the DOM will be splitted at the end of the range otherwise at the start.
+	 * @return {object} jQuery object containing the two root DOM objects of the split, true if the DOM did not need to be split or false if the DOM could not be split
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	split: function (range, limit, atEnd) {
+		var
+			splitElement = jQuery(range.startContainer),
+			splitPosition = range.startOffset,
+			updateRange, path, parents,
+			newDom, insertElement, secondPart,
+			i, pathLength, element, jqelement, children, newElement,
+			next, prev, offset;
+
+
+		if (atEnd) {
+			splitElement = jQuery(range.endContainer);
+			splitPosition = range.endOffset;
+		}
+
+		if (limit.length < 1) {
+			limit = jQuery(document.body);
+		}
+
+		// we may have to update the range if it is not collapsed and we are splitting at the start
+		updateRange = (!range.isCollapsed() && !atEnd);
+
+		// find the path up to the highest object that will be splitted
+		parents = splitElement.parents().get();
+		parents.unshift(splitElement.get(0));
+
+		jQuery.each(parents, function(index, element) {
+			var isLimit = limit.filter(
+					function(){
+						return this == element;
+					}).length;
+			if (isLimit) {
+				if (index > 0) {
+					path = parents.slice(0, index);
+				}
+				return false;
+			}
+		});
+
+		// nothing found to split -> return here
+		if (! path) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		path = path.reverse();
+
+		// iterate over the path, create new dom nodes for every element and move
+		// the contents right of the split to the new element
+		for( i=0, pathLength = path.length; i < pathLength; ++i) {
+			element = path[i];
+			if (i === pathLength - 1) {
+				// last element in the path -> we have to split it
+
+				// split the last part into two parts
+				if (element.nodeType === 3) {
+					// text node
+					secondPart = document.createTextNode(element.data.substring(splitPosition, element.data.length));
+					element.data = element.data.substring(0, splitPosition);
+				} else {
+					// other nodes
+					jqelement = jQuery(element);
+					children = jqelement.contents();
+					newElement = jqelement.clone(false).empty();
+					secondPart = newElement.append(children.slice(splitPosition, children.length)).get(0);
+				}
+
+				// update the range if necessary
+				if (updateRange && range.endContainer === element) {
+					range.endContainer = secondPart;
+					range.endOffset -= splitPosition;
+					range.clearCaches();
+				}
+
+				// add the second part
+				if (insertElement) {
+					insertElement.prepend(secondPart);
+				} else {
+					jQuery(element).after(secondPart);
+				}
+			} else {
+				// create the new element of the same type and prepend it to the previously created element
+				newElement = jQuery(element).clone(false).empty();
+
+				if (!newDom) {
+					newDom = newElement;
+				} else {
+					insertElement.prepend(newElement);
+				}
+				insertElement = newElement;
+
+				// move all contents right of the split to the new element
+				while ( true ) {
+					next = path[i+1].nextSibling;
+					if ( !next ) { break; }
+					insertElement.append(next);
+				}
+
+				// update the range if necessary
+				if (updateRange && range.endContainer === element) {
+					range.endContainer = newElement.get(0);
+					prev = path[i+1];
+					offset = 0;
+					while ( true ) {
+						prev = prev.previousSibling;
+						if ( !prev ) { break; }
+						offset++;
+					}
+					range.endOffset -= offset;
+					range.clearCaches();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// append the new dom
+		jQuery(path[0]).after(newDom);
+
+		return jQuery([path[0], newDom ? newDom.get(0) : secondPart]);
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Check whether the HTML 5 specification allows direct nesting of the given DOM
+	 * objects.
+	 * @param {object} outerDOMObject
+	 *            outer (nesting) DOM Object
+	 * @param {object} innerDOMObject
+	 *            inner (nested) DOM Object
+	 * @return {boolean} true when the nesting is allowed, false if not
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	allowsNesting: function (outerDOMObject, innerDOMObject) {
+		if (!outerDOMObject || !outerDOMObject.nodeName || !innerDOMObject
+				|| !innerDOMObject.nodeName) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		var outerNodeName = outerDOMObject.nodeName.toLowerCase(),
+			innerNodeName = innerDOMObject.nodeName.toLowerCase();
+
+		if (!this.children[outerNodeName]) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		// check whether the nesting is configured by node names (like for table)
+		if (this.children[outerNodeName] == innerNodeName) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (jQuery.isArray(this.children[outerNodeName])
+				&& jQuery.inArray(innerNodeName, this.children[outerNodeName]) >= 0) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		if (jQuery.isArray(this.tags[this.children[outerNodeName]])
+				&& jQuery.inArray(innerNodeName,
+						this.tags[this.children[outerNodeName]]) >= 0) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Apply the given markup additively to the given range. The given rangeObject will be modified if necessary
+	 * @param {GENTICS.Utils.RangeObject} rangeObject range to which the markup shall be added
+	 * @param {jQuery} markup markup to be applied as jQuery object
+	 * @param {boolean} allownesting true when nesting of the added markup is allowed, false if not (default: false)
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	addMarkup: function (rangeObject, markup, nesting) {
+		// split partially contained text nodes at the start and end of the range
+		if (rangeObject.startContainer.nodeType === 3 && rangeObject.startOffset > 0
+				&& rangeObject.startOffset < rangeObject.startContainer.data.length) {
+			this.split(rangeObject, jQuery(rangeObject.startContainer).parent(),
+				false);
+		}
+		if (rangeObject.endContainer.nodeType === 3 && rangeObject.endOffset > 0
+				&& rangeObject.endOffset < rangeObject.endContainer.data.length) {
+			this.split(rangeObject, jQuery(rangeObject.endContainer).parent(),
+				true);
+		}
+
+		// get the range tree
+		var rangeTree = rangeObject.getRangeTree();
+		this.recursiveAddMarkup(rangeTree, markup, rangeObject, nesting);
+
+		// cleanup DOM
+		this.doCleanup({'merge' : true, 'removeempty' : true}, rangeObject);
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Recursive helper method to add the given markup to the range
+	 * @param rangeTree rangetree at the current level
+	 * @param markup markup to be applied
+	 * @param rangeObject range object, which eventually is updated
+	 * @param nesting true when nesting of the added markup is allowed, false if not
+	 * @hide
+	 */
+	recursiveAddMarkup: function (rangeTree, markup, rangeObject, nesting) {
+		var i, innerRange, rangeLength;
+
+		// iterate through all rangetree objects of that level
+		for ( i = 0, rangeLength = rangeTree.length; i < rangeLength; ++i) {
+			// check whether the rangetree object is fully contained and the markup may be wrapped around the object
+			if (rangeTree[i].type == 'full' && this.allowsNesting(markup.get(0), rangeTree[i].domobj)) {
+				// we wrap the object, when
+				// 1. nesting of markup is allowed or the node is not of the markup to be added
+				// 2. the node an element node or a non-empty text node
+				if ((nesting || rangeTree[i].domobj.nodeName != markup.get(0).nodeName)
+						&& (rangeTree[i].domobj.nodeType !== 3 || jQuery
+								.trim(rangeTree[i].domobj.data).length !== 0)) {
+					// wrap the object
+					jQuery(rangeTree[i].domobj).wrap(markup);
+
+					// TODO eventually update the range (if it changed)
+
+					// when nesting is not allowed, we remove the markup from the inner element
+					if (!nesting && rangeTree[i].domobj.nodeType !== 3) {
+						innerRange = new GENTICS.Utils.RangeObject();
+						innerRange.startContainer = innerRange.endContainer = rangeTree[i].domobj.parentNode;
+						innerRange.startOffset = 0;
+						innerRange.endOffset = innerRange.endContainer.childNodes.length;
+						this.removeMarkup(innerRange, markup, jQuery(rangeTree[i].domobj.parentNode));
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				// TODO check whether the object may be replaced by the given markup
+				if (false) {
+					// TODO replace
+				} else {
+					// recurse into the children (if any), but not if nesting is not
+					// allowed and the object is of the markup to be added
+					if ((nesting || (rangeTree[i].domobj && rangeTree[i].domobj.nodeName !== markup.get(0).nodeName))
+						&& rangeTree[i].children && rangeTree[i].children.length > 0) {
+						this.recursiveAddMarkup(rangeTree[i].children, markup);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Find the highest occurrence of a node with given nodename within the parents
+	 * of the start. When limit objects are given, the search stops there.
+	 * The limiting object is of the found type, it won't be considered
+	 * @param {DOMObject} start start object
+	 * @param {String} nodeName name of the node to search for (case-insensitive)
+	 * @param {jQuery} limit Limiting node(s) as jQuery object (if none given, the search will stop when there are no more parents)
+	 * @return {DOMObject} the found DOM object or undefined
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	findHighestElement: function (start, nodeName, limit) {
+		nodeName = nodeName.toLowerCase();
+
+		// this will be the highest found markup object (up to a limit object)
+		var highestObject,
+		// blah
+			testObject = start,
+		// helper function to stop when we reach a limit object
+			isLimit = limit ? function () {
+			return limit.filter(
+					function() {
+						return testObject == this;
+					}
+			).length;
+		} : function () {
+			return false;
+		};
+
+		// now get the highest parent that has the given markup (until we reached
+		// one of the limit objects or there are no more parent nodes)
+		while (!isLimit() && testObject) {
+			if (testObject.nodeName.toLowerCase() === nodeName) {
+				highestObject = testObject;
+			}
+			testObject = testObject.parentNode;
+		}
+
+		return highestObject;
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove the given markup from the given range. The given rangeObject will be modified if necessary
+	 * TODO: add parameter deep/shallow
+	 * @param {GENTICS.Utils.RangeObject} rangeObject range from which the markup shall be removed
+	 * @param {jQuery} markup markup to be removed as jQuery object
+	 * @param {jQuery} limit Limiting node(s) as jQuery object
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	removeMarkup: function (rangeObject, markup, limit) {
+		var nodeName = markup.get(0).nodeName,
+			startSplitLimit = this.findHighestElement(rangeObject.startContainer, nodeName, limit),
+			endSplitLimit = this.findHighestElement(rangeObject.endContainer, nodeName, limit),
+			didSplit = false,
+			highestObject, root, rangeTree;
+
+		if (startSplitLimit && rangeObject.startOffset > 0) {
+			// when the start is in the start of its container, we don't split
+			this.split(rangeObject, jQuery(startSplitLimit).parent(), false);
+			didSplit = true;
+		}
+
+		if (endSplitLimit) {
+			// when the end is in the end of its container, we don't split
+			if (rangeObject.endContainer.nodeType === 3 && rangeObject.endOffset < rangeObject.endContainer.data.length) {
+				this.split(rangeObject, jQuery(endSplitLimit).parent(), true);
+				didSplit = true;
+			}
+			if (rangeObject.endContainer.nodeType === 1 && rangeObject.endOffset < rangeObject.childNodes.length) {
+				this.split(rangeObject, jQuery(endSplitLimit).parent(), true);
+				didSplit = true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// when we split the DOM, we maybe need to correct the range
+		if (didSplit) {
+			rangeObject.correctRange();
+		}
+
+		// find the highest occurrence of the markup
+		highestObject = this.findHighestElement(rangeObject.getCommonAncestorContainer(), nodeName, limit);
+		root = highestObject ? highestObject.parentNode : rangeObject.getCommonAncestorContainer();
+
+		if (root) {
+			// construct the range tree
+			rangeTree = rangeObject.getRangeTree(root);
+	
+			// remove the markup from the range tree
+			this.recursiveRemoveMarkup(rangeTree, markup);
+	
+			// cleanup DOM
+			this.doCleanup({'merge' : true, 'removeempty' : true}, rangeObject, root);
+		}
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * TODO: pass the range itself and eventually update it if necessary
+	 * Recursive helper method to remove the given markup from the range
+	 * @param rangeTree rangetree at the current level
+	 * @param markup markup to be applied
+	 * @hide
+	 */
+	recursiveRemoveMarkup: function (rangeTree, markup) {
+		var i, rangeLength, content;
+		// iterate over the rangetree objects of this level
+		for (i = 0, rangeLength = rangeTree.length; i < rangeLength; ++i) {
+			// check whether the object is the markup to be removed and is fully into the range
+			if (rangeTree[i].type == 'full' && rangeTree[i].domobj.nodeName == markup.get(0).nodeName) {
+				// found the markup, so remove it
+				content = jQuery(rangeTree[i].domobj).contents();
+				if (content.length > 0) {
+					// when the object has children, we unwrap them
+					content.first().unwrap();
+				} else {
+					// obj has no children, so just remove it
+					jQuery(rangeTree[i].domobj).remove();
+				}
+			}
+
+			// if the object has children, we do the recursion now
+			if (rangeTree[i].children) {
+				this.recursiveRemoveMarkup(rangeTree[i].children, markup);
+			}
+		}
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Cleanup the DOM, starting with the given startobject (or the common ancestor container of the given range)
+	 * ATTENTION: If range is a selection you need to update the selection after doCleanup
+	 * Cleanup modes (given as properties in 'cleanup'):
+	 * <pre>
+	 * - merge: merges multiple successive nodes of same type, if this is allowed, starting at the children of the given node (defaults to false)
+	 * - removeempty: removes empty element nodes (defaults to false)
+	 * </pre>
+	 * Example for calling this method:<br/>
+	 * <code>GENTICS.Utils.Dom.doCleanup({merge:true,removeempty:false}, range)</code>
+	 * @param {object} cleanup type of cleanup to be done
+	 * @param {GENTICS.Utils.RangeObject} rangeObject range which is eventually updated
+	 * @param {DOMObject} start start object, if not given, the commonancestorcontainer is used as startobject insted
+	 * @return {boolean} true when the range (startContainer/startOffset/endContainer/endOffset) was modified, false if not
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	doCleanup: function(cleanup, rangeObject, start) {
+		var that = this, prevNode, modifiedRange, startObject, startOffset, endOffset;
+
+		if (typeof cleanup === 'undefined') {
+			cleanup = {};
+		}
+		if (typeof cleanup.merge === 'undefined') {
+			cleanup.merge = false;
+		}
+		if (typeof cleanup.removeempty === 'undefined') {
+			cleanup.removeempty = false;
+		}
+
+		if (typeof start === 'undefined' && rangeObject) {
+			start = rangeObject.getCommonAncestorContainer();
+		}
+		// remember the previous node here (successive nodes of same type will be merged into this)
+		prevNode = false;
+		// check whether the range needed to be modified during merging
+		modifiedRange = false;
+		// get the start object
+		startObject = jQuery(start);
+		startOffset = rangeObject.startOffset;
+		endOffset = rangeObject.endOffset;
+
+		// iterate through all sub nodes
+		startObject.contents().each(function(index) {
+			// decide further actions by node type
+			switch(this.nodeType) {
+			// found a non-text node
+			case 1:
+				if (prevNode && prevNode.nodeName == this.nodeName) {
+					// found a successive node of same type
+
+					// now we check whether the selection starts or ends in the mother node after the current node
+					if (rangeObject.startContainer === startObject && startOffset > index) {
+						// there will be one less object, so reduce the startOffset by one
+						rangeObject.startOffset -= 1;
+						// set the flag for range modification
+						modifiedRange = true;
+					}
+					if (rangeObject.endContainer === startObject && endOffset > index) {
+						// there will be one less object, so reduce the endOffset by one
+						rangeObject.endOffset -= 1;
+						// set the flag for range modification
+						modifiedRange = true;
+					}
+
+					// merge the contents of this node into the previous one
+					jQuery(prevNode).append(jQuery(this).contents());
+
+					// after merging, we eventually need to cleanup the prevNode again
+					modifiedRange |= that.doCleanup(cleanup, rangeObject, prevNode);
+
+					// remove this node
+					jQuery(this).remove();
+					
+				} else {
+					
+					// do the recursion step here
+					modifiedRange |= that.doCleanup(cleanup, rangeObject, this);
+
+					// eventually remove empty elements
+					var removed = false;
+					if (cleanup.removeempty) {
+						if (GENTICS.Utils.Dom.isBlockLevelElement(this) && this.childNodes.length === 0) {
+//							jQuery(this).remove();
+							removed = true;
+						}
+						if (jQuery.inArray(this.nodeName.toLowerCase(), that.mergeableTags) >= 0
+								&& jQuery(this).text().length === 0 && this.childNodes.length === 0) {
+//							jQuery(this).remove();
+							removed = true;
+						}
+					}
+
+					// when the current node was not removed, we eventually store it as previous (mergeable) tag
+					if (!removed) {
+						if (jQuery.inArray(this.nodeName.toLowerCase(), that.mergeableTags) >= 0) {
+							prevNode = this;
+						} else {
+							prevNode = false;
+						}
+					} else {
+						// now we check whether the selection starts or ends in the mother node of this
+						if (rangeObject.startContainer === this.parentNode && startOffset > index) {
+							// there will be one less object, so reduce the startOffset by one
+							rangeObject.startOffset = rangeObject.startOffset - 1;
+							// set the flag for range modification
+							modifiedRange = true;
+						}
+						if (rangeObject.endContainer === this.parentNode && endOffset > index) {
+							// there will be one less object, so reduce the endOffset by one
+							rangeObject.endOffset = rangeObject.endOffset - 1;
+							// set the flag for range modification
+							modifiedRange = true;
+						}
+										
+						// remove this text node
+						jQuery(this).remove();
+
+					}
+				}
+
+				break;
+			// found a text node
+			case 3:
+				// found a text node
+				if (prevNode && prevNode.nodeType === 3 && cleanup.merge) {
+					// the current text node will be merged into the last one, so
+					// check whether the selection starts or ends in the current
+					// text node
+					if (rangeObject.startContainer === this) {
+						// selection starts in the current text node
+
+						// update the start container to the last node
+						rangeObject.startContainer = prevNode;
+
+						// update the start offset
+						rangeObject.startOffset += prevNode.nodeValue.length;
+
+						// set the flag for range modification
+						modifiedRange = true;
+						
+					} else if (rangeObject.startContainer === prevNode.parentNode
+							&& rangeObject.startOffset === that.getIndexInParent(prevNode) + 1) {
+						// selection starts right between the previous and current text nodes (which will be merged)
+
+						// update the start container to the previous node
+						rangeObject.startContainer = prevNode;
+
+						// set the start offset
+						rangeObject.startOffset = prevNode.nodeValue.length;
+
+						// set the flag for range modification
+						modifiedRange = true;
+					}
+
+					if (rangeObject.endContainer === this) {
+						// selection ends in the current text node
+
+						// update the end container to be the last node
+						rangeObject.endContainer = prevNode;
+
+						// update the end offset
+						rangeObject.endOffset += prevNode.nodeValue.length;
+
+						// set the flag for range modification
+						modifiedRange = true;
+
+					} else if (rangeObject.endContainer === prevNode.parentNode
+							&& rangeObject.endOffset === that.getIndexInParent(prevNode) + 1) {
+						// selection ends right between the previous and current text nodes (which will be merged)
+
+						// update the end container to the previous node
+						rangeObject.endContainer = prevNode;
+
+						// set the end offset
+						rangeObject.endOffset = prevNode.nodeValue.length;
+
+						// set the flag for range modification
+						modifiedRange = true;
+					}
+
+					// now append the contents of the current text node into the previous
+					prevNode.data += this.data;
+
+				// remove empty text nodes	
+				} else if ( this.nodeValue === '' && cleanup.removeempty ) {
+					// do nothing here.
+					
+				// remember it as the last text node if not empty
+				} else if ( !(this.nodeValue === '' && cleanup.removeempty) ) {
+					prevNode = this;
+					// we are finish here don't delete this node
+					break;
+				}
+
+				// now we check whether the selection starts or ends in the mother node of this
+				if (rangeObject.startContainer === this.parentNode && rangeObject.startOffset > index) {
+					// there will be one less object, so reduce the startOffset by one
+					rangeObject.startOffset = rangeObject.startOffset - 1;
+					// set the flag for range modification
+					modifiedRange = true;
+				}
+				if (rangeObject.endContainer === this.parentNode && rangeObject.endOffset > index) {
+					// there will be one less object, so reduce the endOffset by one
+					rangeObject.endOffset = rangeObject.endOffset - 1;
+					// set the flag for range modification
+					modifiedRange = true;
+				}
+
+				// remove this text node
+				jQuery(this).remove();
+
+				break;
+			}
+		});
+
+		// eventually remove the startnode itself
+//		if (cleanup.removeempty
+//				&& GENTICS.Utils.Dom.isBlockLevelElement(start)
+//				&& (!start.childNodes || start.childNodes.length === 0)) {
+//			if (rangeObject.startContainer == start) {
+//				rangeObject.startContainer = start.parentNode;
+//				rangeObject.startOffset = GENTICS.Utils.Dom.getIndexInParent(start);
+//			}
+//			if (rangeObject.endContainer == start) {
+//				rangeObject.endContainer = start.parentNode;
+//				rangeObject.endOffset = GENTICS.Utils.Dom.getIndexInParent(start);
+//			}
+//			startObject.remove();
+//			modifiedRange = true;
+//		}
+
+		if (modifiedRange) {
+			rangeObject.clearCaches();
+		}
+
+		return modifiedRange;
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the index of the given node within its parent node
+	 * @param {DOMObject} node node to check
+	 * @return {Integer} index in the parent node or false if no node given or node has no parent
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	getIndexInParent: function (node) {
+		if (!node) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		var
+			index = 0,
+			check = node.previousSibling;
+
+		while(check) {
+			index++;
+			check = check.previousSibling;
+		}
+
+		return index;
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Check whether the given node is a blocklevel element
+	 * @param {DOMObject} node node to check
+	 * @return {boolean} true if yes, false if not (or null)
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	isBlockLevelElement: function (node) {
+		if (!node) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		if (node.nodeType === 1 && jQuery.inArray(node.nodeName.toLowerCase(), this.blockLevelElements) >= 0) {
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Check whether the given node is a linebreak element
+	 * @param {DOMObject} node node to check
+	 * @return {boolean} true for linebreak elements, false for everything else
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	isLineBreakElement: function (node) {
+		if (!node) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		return node.nodeType === 1 && node.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'br';
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Check whether the given node is a list element
+	 * @param {DOMObject} node node to check
+	 * @return {boolean} true for list elements (li, ul, ol), false for everything else
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	isListElement: function (node) {
+		if (!node) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		return node.nodeType === 1 && jQuery.inArray(node.nodeName.toLowerCase(), this.listElements) >= 0;
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * This method checks, whether the passed dom object is a dom object, that would
+	 * be split in cases of pressing enter. This currently is true for paragraphs
+	 * and headings
+	 * @param {DOMObject} el
+	 *            dom object to check
+	 * @return {boolean} true for split objects, false for other
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	isSplitObject: function(el) {
+		if (el.nodeType === 1){
+			switch(el.nodeName.toLowerCase()) {
+			case 'p':
+			case 'h1':
+			case 'h2':
+			case 'h3':
+			case 'h4':
+			case 'h5':
+			case 'h6':
+			case 'li':
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Starting with the given position (between nodes), search in the given direction to an adjacent notempty text node
+	 * @param {DOMObject} parent parent node containing the position
+	 * @param {Integer} index index of the position within the parent node
+	 * @param {boolean} searchleft true when search direction is 'left' (default), false for 'right'
+	 * @param {object} stopat define at which types of element we shall stop, may contain the following properties
+	 * <pre>
+	 * - blocklevel (default: true)
+	 * - list (default: true)
+	 * - linebreak (default: true)
+	 * </pre>
+	 * @return {DOMObject} the found text node or false if none found
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	searchAdjacentTextNode: function (parent, index, searchleft, stopat) {
+		if (!parent || parent.nodeType !== 1 || index < 0 || index > parent.childNodes.length) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if (typeof stopat === 'undefined') {
+			stopat = {'blocklevel' : true, 'list' : true, 'linebreak' : true};
+		}
+
+		if (typeof stopat.blocklevel === 'undefined') {
+			stopat.blocklevel = true;
+		}
+		if (typeof stopat.list === 'undefined') {
+			stopat.list = true;
+		}
+		if (typeof stopat.linebreak === 'undefined') {
+			stopat.linebreak = true;
+		}
+
+		if (typeof searchleft === 'undefined') {
+			searchleft = true;
+		}
+
+		var
+			nextNode,
+			currentParent = parent;
+
+		// start at the node left/right of the given position
+		if (searchleft && index > 0) {
+			nextNode = parent.childNodes[index - 1];
+		}
+		if (!searchleft && index < parent.childNodes.length) {
+			nextNode = parent.childNodes[index];
+		}
+		
+		//currentParent is not a number therefore it is sufficient to directly test for it with while(currentParent)
+		//otherwise there would be an error if the object is null
+		while (currentParent) {
+		//while (typeof currentParent !== 'undefined') {
+			if (!nextNode) {
+				// no next node found, check whether the parent is a blocklevel element
+				if (stopat.blocklevel && this.isBlockLevelElement(currentParent)) {
+					// do not leave block level elements
+					return false;
+				} else if (stopat.list && this.isListElement(currentParent)) {
+					// do not leave list elements
+					return false;
+				} else {
+					// continue with the parent
+					nextNode = searchleft ? currentParent.previousSibling : currentParent.nextSibling;
+					currentParent = currentParent.parentNode;
+				}
+			} else if (nextNode.nodeType === 3 && jQuery.trim(nextNode.data).length > 0) {
+				// we are lucky and found a notempty text node
+				return nextNode;
+			} else if (stopat.blocklevel && this.isBlockLevelElement(nextNode)) {
+				// we found a blocklevel element, stop here
+				return false;
+			} else if (stopat.linebreak && this.isLineBreakElement(nextNode)) {
+				// we found a linebreak, stop here
+				return false;
+			} else if (stopat.list && this.isListElement(nextNode)) {
+				// we found a linebreak, stop here
+				return false;
+			} else if (nextNode.nodeType === 3) {
+				// we found an empty text node, so step to the next
+				nextNode = searchleft ? nextNode.previousSibling : nextNode.nextSibling;
+			} else {
+				// we found a non-blocklevel element, step into
+				currentParent = nextNode;
+				nextNode = searchleft ? nextNode.lastChild : nextNode.firstChild;
+			}
+		}
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Insert the given DOM Object into the start/end of the given range. The method
+	 * will find the appropriate place in the DOM tree for inserting the given
+	 * object, and will eventually split elements in between. The given range will
+	 * be updated if necessary. The updated range will NOT embrace the inserted
+	 * object, which means that the object is actually inserted before or after the
+	 * given range (depending on the atEnd parameter)
+	 *
+	 * @param {jQuery}
+	 *				object object to insert into the DOM
+	 * @param {GENTICS.Utils.RangeObject}
+	 *				range range where to insert the object (at start or end)
+	 * @param {jQuery}
+	 *				limit limiting object(s) of the DOM modification
+	 * @param {boolean}
+	 *				atEnd true when the object shall be inserted at the end, false for
+	 *				insertion at the start (default)
+	 * @param {boolean}
+	 *				true when the insertion shall be done, even if inserting the element
+	 *				would not be allowed, false to deny inserting unallowed elements (default)
+	 * @return true if the object could be inserted, false if not.
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	insertIntoDOM: function (object, range, limit, atEnd, force) {
+		// first find the appropriate place to insert the given object
+		var parentElements = range.getContainerParents(limit, atEnd),
+			that = this,
+			newParent,
+			container, offset, splitParts, contents;
+
+		if (!limit) {
+			limit = jQuery(document.body);
+		}
+
+		// if no parent elements exist (up to the limit), the new parent will be the
+		// limiter itself
+		if (parentElements.length === 0) {
+			newParent = limit.get(0);
+		} else {
+			jQuery.each(parentElements, function (index, parent) {
+				if (that.allowsNesting(parent, object.get(0))) {
+					newParent = parent;
+					return false;
+				}
+			});
+		}
+
+		if (typeof newParent === 'undefined' && limit.length > 0) {
+			// found no possible new parent, so split up to the limit object
+			newParent = limit.get(0);
+		}
+
+		// check whether it is allowed to insert the element at all
+		if (!this.allowsNesting(newParent, object.get(0)) && !force) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if (typeof newParent !== 'undefined') {
+			// we found a possible new parent, so we split the DOM up to the new parent
+			splitParts = this.split(range, jQuery(newParent), atEnd);
+			if (splitParts === true) {
+				// DOM was not split (there was no need to split it), insert the new object anyway
+				container = range.startContainer;
+				offset = range.startOffset;
+				if (atEnd) {
+					container = range.endContainer;
+					offset = range.endOffset;
+				}
+				if (offset === 0) {
+					// insert right before the first element in the container
+					contents = jQuery(container).contents();
+					if (contents.length > 0) {
+						contents.eq(0).before(object);
+					} else {
+						jQuery(container).append(object);
+					}
+					return true;
+				} else {
+					// insert right after the element at offset-1
+					jQuery(container).contents().eq(offset-1).after(object);
+					return true;
+				}
+			} else if (splitParts) {
+				// if the DOM could be split, we insert the new object in between the split parts
+				splitParts.eq(0).after(object);
+				return true;
+			} else {
+				// could not split, so could not insert
+				return false;
+			}
+		} else {
+			// found no possible new parent, so we shall not insert
+			return false;
+		}
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove the given DOM object from the DOM and modify the given range to reflect the user expected range after the object was removed
+	 * TODO: finish this
+	 * @param {DOMObject} object DOM object to remove
+	 * @param {GENTICS.Utils.RangeObject} range range which eventually be modified
+	 * @param {boolean} preserveContent true if the contents of the removed DOM object shall be preserved, false if not (default: false)
+	 * @return true if the DOM object could be removed, false if not
+	 * @hide
+	 */
+	removeFromDOM: function (object, range, preserveContent) {
+		if (preserveContent) {
+			// check whether the range will need modification
+			var indexInParent = this.getIndexInParent(object),
+				numChildren = jQuery(object).contents().length,
+				parent = object.parentNode;
+
+			if (range.startContainer == parent && range.startOffset > indexInParent) {
+				range.startOffset += numChildren - 1;
+			} else if (range.startContainer == object) {
+				range.startContainer = parent;
+				range.startOffset = indexInParent + range.startOffset;
+			}
+
+			if (range.endContainer == parent && range.endOffset > indexInParent) {
+				range.endOffset += numChildren - 1;
+			} else if (range.endContainer == object) {
+				range.endContainer = parent;
+				range.endOffset = indexInParent + range.endOffset;
+			}
+
+			// we simply unwrap the children of the object
+			jQuery(object).contents().unwrap();
+
+			// optionally do cleanup
+			this.doCleanup({'merge' : true}, range, parent);
+		} else {
+			// TODO
+		}
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove the content defined by the given range from the DOM. Update the given
+	 * range object to be a collapsed selection at the place of the previous
+	 * selection.
+	 * @param rangeObject range object
+	 * @return true if the range could be removed, false if not
+	 */
+	removeRange: function (rangeObject) {
+		if (!rangeObject) {
+			// no range given
+			return false;
+		}
+		if (rangeObject.isCollapsed()) {
+			// the range is collapsed, nothing to delete
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		// split partially contained text nodes at the start and end of the range
+		if (rangeObject.startContainer.nodeType == 3 && rangeObject.startOffset > 0
+			&& rangeObject.startOffset < rangeObject.startContainer.data.length) {
+			this.split(rangeObject, jQuery(rangeObject.startContainer).parent(),
+					   false);
+		}
+		if (rangeObject.endContainer.nodeType == 3 && rangeObject.endOffset > 0
+			&& rangeObject.endOffset < rangeObject.endContainer.data.length) {
+			this.split(rangeObject, jQuery(rangeObject.endContainer).parent(),
+					   true);
+		}
+
+		// construct the range tree
+		var rangeTree = rangeObject.getRangeTree();
+
+		// collapse the range
+		rangeObject.endContainer = rangeObject.startContainer;
+		rangeObject.endOffset = rangeObject.startOffset;
+
+		// remove the markup from the range tree
+		this.recursiveRemoveRange(rangeTree, rangeObject);
+
+		// do some cleanup
+		this.doCleanup({'merge' : true}, rangeObject);
+//		this.doCleanup({'merge' : true, 'removeempty' : true}, rangeObject);
+
+		// clear the caches of the range object
+		rangeObject.clearCaches();
+	},
+
+	recursiveRemoveRange: function (rangeTree, rangeObject) {
+		// iterate over the rangetree objects of this level
+		for (var i = 0; i < rangeTree.length; ++i) {
+			// check for nodes fully in the range
+			if (rangeTree[i].type == 'full') {
+				// if the domobj is the startcontainer, or the startcontainer is inside the domobj, we need to update the rangeObject
+				if (jQuery(rangeObject.startContainer).parents().andSelf().filter(rangeTree[i].domobj).length > 0) {
+					rangeObject.startContainer = rangeObject.endContainer = rangeTree[i].domobj.parentNode;
+					rangeObject.startOffset = rangeObject.endOffset = this.getIndexInParent(rangeTree[i].domobj);
+				}
+
+				// remove the object from the DOM
+				jQuery(rangeTree[i].domobj).remove();
+			} else if (rangeTree[i].type == 'partial' && rangeTree[i].children) {
+				// node partially selected and has children, so do recursion
+				this.recursiveRemoveRange(rangeTree[i].children, rangeObject);
+			}
+		}
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Extend the given range to have start and end at the nearest word boundaries to the left (start) and right (end)
+	 * @param {GENTICS.Utils.RangeObject} range range to be extended
+	 * @param {boolean} fromBoundaries true if extending will also be done, if one or both ends of the range already are at a word boundary, false if not, default: false
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	extendToWord: function (range, fromBoundaries) {
+		// search the word boundaries to the left and right
+		var leftBoundary = this.searchWordBoundary(range.startContainer, range.startOffset, true),
+			rightBoundary = this.searchWordBoundary(range.endContainer, range.endOffset, false);
+
+		// check whether we must not extend the range from word boundaries
+		if (!fromBoundaries) {
+			// we only extend the range if both ends would be different
+			if (range.startContainer == leftBoundary.container && range.startOffset == leftBoundary.offset) {
+				return;
+			}
+			if (range.endContainer == rightBoundary.container && range.endOffset == rightBoundary.offset) {
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// set the new boundaries
+		range.startContainer = leftBoundary.container;
+		range.startOffset = leftBoundary.offset;
+		range.endContainer = rightBoundary.container;
+		range.endOffset = rightBoundary.offset;
+
+		// correct the range
+		range.correctRange();
+
+		// clear caches
+		range.clearCaches();
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Helper method to check whether the given DOM object is a word boundary.
+	 * @param {DOMObject} object DOM object in question
+	 * @return {boolean} true when the DOM object is a word boundary, false if not
+	 * @hide
+	 */
+	isWordBoundaryElement: function (object) {
+		if (!object || !object.nodeName) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		return jQuery.inArray(object.nodeName.toLowerCase(), this.nonWordBoundaryTags) == -1;
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Search for the next word boundary, starting at the given position
+	 * @param {DOMObject} container container of the start position
+	 * @param {Integer} offset offset of the start position
+	 * @param {boolean} searchleft true for searching to the left, false for searching to the right (default: true)
+	 * @return {object} object with properties 'container' and 'offset' marking the found word boundary
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	searchWordBoundary: function (container, offset, searchleft) {
+		if (typeof searchleft === 'undefined') {
+			searchleft = true;
+		}
+		var boundaryFound = false, wordBoundaryPos, tempWordBoundaryPos, textNode;
+		while (!boundaryFound) {
+			// check the node type
+			if (container.nodeType === 3) {
+				// we are currently in a text node
+
+				// find the nearest word boundary character
+				if (!searchleft) {
+					// search right
+					wordBoundaryPos = container.data.substring(offset).search(this.nonWordRegex);
+					if (wordBoundaryPos != -1) {
+						// found a word boundary
+						offset = offset + wordBoundaryPos;
+						boundaryFound = true;
+					} else {
+						// found no word boundary, so we set the position after the container
+						offset = this.getIndexInParent(container) + 1;
+						container = container.parentNode;
+					}
+				} else {
+					// search left
+					wordBoundaryPos = container.data.substring(0, offset).search(this.nonWordRegex);
+					tempWordBoundaryPos = wordBoundaryPos;
+					while (tempWordBoundaryPos != -1) {
+						wordBoundaryPos = tempWordBoundaryPos;
+						tempWordBoundaryPos = container.data.substring(
+								wordBoundaryPos + 1, offset).search(this.nonWordRegex);
+						if (tempWordBoundaryPos != -1) {
+							tempWordBoundaryPos = tempWordBoundaryPos + wordBoundaryPos + 1;
+						}
+					}
+
+					if (wordBoundaryPos != -1) {
+						// found a word boundary
+						offset = wordBoundaryPos + 1;
+						boundaryFound = true;
+					} else {
+						// found no word boundary, so we set the position before the container
+						offset = this.getIndexInParent(container);
+						container = container.parentNode;
+					}
+				}
+			} else if (container.nodeType === 1) {
+				// we are currently in an element node (between nodes)
+
+				if (!searchleft) {
+					// check whether there is an element to the right
+					if (offset < container.childNodes.length) {
+						// there is an element to the right, check whether it is a word boundary element
+						if (this.isWordBoundaryElement(container.childNodes[offset])) {
+							// we are done
+							boundaryFound = true;
+						} else {
+							// element to the right is no word boundary, so enter it
+							container = container.childNodes[offset];
+							offset = 0;
+						}
+					} else {
+						// no element to the right, check whether the element itself is a boundary element
+						if (this.isWordBoundaryElement(container)) {
+							// we are done
+							boundaryFound = true;
+						} else {
+							// element itself is no boundary element, so go to parent
+							offset = this.getIndexInParent(container) + 1;
+							container = container.parentNode;
+						}
+					}
+				} else {
+					// check whether there is an element to the left
+					if (offset > 0) {
+						// there is an element to the left, check whether it is a word boundary element
+						if (this.isWordBoundaryElement(container.childNodes[offset - 1])) {
+							// we are done
+							boundaryFound = true;
+						} else {
+							// element to the left is no word boundary, so enter it
+							container = container.childNodes[offset - 1];
+							offset = container.nodeType === 3 ? container.data.length : container.childNodes.length;
+						}
+					} else {
+						// no element to the left, check whether the element itself is a boundary element
+						if (this.isWordBoundaryElement(container)) {
+							// we are done
+							boundaryFound = true;
+						} else {
+							// element itself is no boundary element, so go to parent
+							offset = this.getIndexInParent(container);
+							container = container.parentNode;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (container.nodeType !== 3) {
+			textNode = this.searchAdjacentTextNode(container, offset, !searchleft);
+			if (textNode) {
+				container = textNode;
+				offset = searchleft ? 0 : container.data.length;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return {'container' : container, 'offset' : offset};
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Check whether the given dom object is empty
+	 * @param {DOMObject} domObject object to check
+	 * @return {boolean} true when the object is empty, false if not
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	isEmpty: function (domObject) {
+		// a non dom object is considered empty
+		if (!domObject) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		// some tags are considered to be non-empty
+		if (jQuery.inArray(domObject.nodeName.toLowerCase(), this.nonEmptyTags) != -1) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		// text nodes are not empty, if they contain non-whitespace characters
+		if (domObject.nodeType === 3) {
+			return domObject.data.search(/\S/) == -1;
+		}
+
+		// all other nodes are not empty if they contain at least one child which is not empty
+		for (var i = 0, childNodes = domObject.childNodes.length; i < childNodes; ++i) {
+			if (!this.isEmpty(domObject.childNodes[i])) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// found no contents, so the element is empty
+		return true;
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the cursor (collapsed selection) right after the given DOM object
+	 * @param domObject DOM object
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	setCursorAfter: function (domObject) {
+		var 
+			newRange = new GENTICS.Utils.RangeObject(),
+			index = this.getIndexInParent(domObject),
+			targetNode,
+			offset;
+		
+		// selection cannot be set between to TEXT_NODEs
+		// if domOject is a Text node set selection at last position in that node
+		if ( domObject.nodeType == 3) {
+			targetNode = domObject;
+			offset = targetNode.nodeValue.length;
+
+		// if domOject is a Text node set selection at last position in that node
+		} else if ( domObject.nextSibling && domObject.nextSibling.nodeType == 3) {
+			targetNode = domObject.nextSibling;
+			offset = 0;
+		} else {
+			targetNode = domObject.parentNode;
+			offset = this.getIndexInParent(domObject) + 1;
+		}
+		
+		newRange.startContainer = newRange.endContainer = targetNode;
+		newRange.startOffset = newRange.endOffset = offset;
+
+		// select the range
+		newRange.select();
+		
+		return newRange;
+	},
+	
+	/**
+	 * Select a DOM node
+	 * will create a new range which spans the provided dom node and selects it afterwards
+	 * @param domObject DOM object
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	selectDomNode: function (domObject) {
+		var newRange = new GENTICS.Utils.RangeObject();
+		newRange.startContainer = newRange.endContainer = domObject.parentNode;
+		newRange.startOffset = this.getIndexInParent(domObject);
+		newRange.endOffset = newRange.startOffset + 1;
+		newRange.select();
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the cursor (collapsed selection) at the start into the given DOM object
+	 * @param domObject DOM object
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	setCursorInto: function (domObject) {
+		// set a new range into the given dom object
+		var newRange = new GENTICS.Utils.RangeObject();
+		newRange.startContainer = newRange.endContainer = domObject;
+		newRange.startOffset = newRange.endOffset = 0;
+
+		// select the range
+		newRange.select();
+	},
+	
+
+	/**
+	 * "An editing host is a node that is either an Element with a contenteditable
+	 * attribute set to the true state, or the Element child of a Document whose
+	 * designMode is enabled."
+	 * @param domObject DOM object
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	isEditingHost: function (node) {
+		return node
+			&& node.nodeType == 1 //ELEMENT_NODE
+			&& (node.contentEditable == "true"
+			|| (node.parentNode
+			&& node.parentNode.nodeType == 9 //DOCUEMENT_NODE
+			&& node.parentNode.designMode == "on"));
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * "Something is editable if it is a node which is not an editing host, does
+	 * not have a contenteditable attribute set to the false state, and whose
+	 * parent is an editing host or editable."
+	 * @param domObject DOM object
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	isEditable: function (node) {
+		// This is slightly a lie, because we're excluding non-HTML elements with
+		// contentEditable attributes.
+		return node
+			&& !this.isEditingHost(node)
+			&& (node.nodeType != 1 || node.contentEditable != "false") // ELEMENT_NODE
+			&& (this.isEditingHost(node.parentNode) || this.isEditable(node.parentNode));
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * "The editing host of node is null if node is neither editable nor an editing
+	 * host; node itself, if node is an editing host; or the nearest ancestor of
+	 * node that is an editing host, if node is editable."
+	 * @param domObject DOM object
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	getEditingHostOf: function(node) {
+		if (this.isEditingHost(node)) {
+			return node;
+		} else if (this.isEditable(node)) {
+			var ancestor = node.parentNode;
+			while (!this.isEditingHost(ancestor)) {
+				ancestor = ancestor.parentNode;
+			}
+			return ancestor;
+		} else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * "Two nodes are in the same editing host if the editing host of the first is
+	 * non-null and the same as the editing host of the second."
+	 * @param node1 DOM object
+	 * @param node2 DOM object
+	 * @method
+	 */
+	inSameEditingHost: function (node1, node2) {
+		return this.getEditingHostOf(node1)
+			&& this.getEditingHostOf(node1) == this.getEditingHostOf(node2);
+	},
+
+	// "A block node is either an Element whose "display" property does not have
+	// resolved value "inline" or "inline-block" or "inline-table" or "none", or a
+	// Document, or a DocumentFragment."
+	isBlockNode: function (node) {
+		return node
+			&& ((node.nodeType == $_.Node.ELEMENT_NODE && $_( ["inline", "inline-block", "inline-table", "none"] ).indexOf($_.getComputedStyle(node).display) == -1)
+			|| node.nodeType == $_.Node.DOCUMENT_NODE
+			|| node.nodeType == $_.Node.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE);
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the first visible child of the given node.
+	 * @param node node
+	 * @param includeNode when set to true, the node itself may be returned, otherwise only children are allowed
+	 * @return first visible child or null if none found
+	 */
+	getFirstVisibleChild: function (node, includeNode) {
+		// no node -> no child
+		if (!node) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		// check whether the node itself is visible
+		if ((node.nodeType == $_.Node.TEXT_NODE && this.isEmpty(node))
+			|| (node.nodeType == $_.Node.ELEMENT_NODE && node.offsetHeight == 0 && jQuery.inArray(node.nodeName.toLowerCase(), this.nonEmptyTags) === -1)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		// if the node is a text node, or does not have children, or is not editable, it is the first visible child
+		if (node.nodeType == $_.Node.TEXT_NODE
+				|| (node.nodeType == $_.Node.ELEMENT_NODE && node.childNodes.length == 0)
+				|| !jQuery(node).contentEditable()) {
+			return includeNode ? node : null;
+		}
+
+		// otherwise traverse through the children
+		for (var i = 0; i < node.childNodes.length; ++i) {
+			var visibleChild = this.getFirstVisibleChild(node.childNodes[i], true);
+			if (visibleChild != null) {
+				return visibleChild;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the last visible child of the given node.
+	 * @param node node
+	 * @param includeNode when set to true, the node itself may be returned, otherwise only children are allowed
+	 * @return last visible child or null if none found
+	 */
+	getLastVisibleChild: function (node, includeNode) {
+		// no node -> no child
+		if (!node) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		// check whether the node itself is visible
+		if ((node.nodeType == $_.Node.TEXT_NODE && this.isEmpty(node))
+			|| (node.nodeType == $_.Node.ELEMENT_NODE && node.offsetHeight == 0 && jQuery.inArray(node.nodeName.toLowerCase(), this.nonEmptyTags) === -1)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		// if the node is a text node, or does not have children, or is not editable, it is the first visible child
+		if (node.nodeType == $_.Node.TEXT_NODE
+				|| (node.nodeType == $_.Node.ELEMENT_NODE && node.childNodes.length == 0)
+				|| !jQuery(node).contentEditable()) {
+			return includeNode ? node : null;
+		}
+
+		// otherwise traverse through the children
+		for (var i = node.childNodes.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+			var visibleChild = this.getLastVisibleChild(node.childNodes[i], true);
+			if (visibleChild != null) {
+				return visibleChild;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+});
+
+
+/**
+ * Create the singleton object
+ * @hide
+ */
+GENTICS.Utils.Dom = new Dom();
+
+return GENTICS.Utils.Dom;
+
+});