codemirror get object from textarea
function getCodeMirrorJQuery(target) { var $target = target instanceof jQuery ? target : $(target); if ($target.length === 0) { return false; } else { console.log('found target!'); } if (!$target.hasClass('CodeMirror')) { if ($target.is('textarea')) { $target = $target.next('.CodeMirror'); } else { return false; } } else { return false; } return $target.get(0).CodeMirror; };