Detect Visual and Text Mode in WordPress TinyMCE Editor

For reason(s) best known to you, you might want to check if WordPress TinyMCE Editor is in visual (rich text) or text mode.

The variable is_tinymce_active returns true if TinyMCE is in visual mode and false otherwise.

[javascript]
var is_tinymce_active = (typeof tinyMCE != “undefined”) && tinyMCE.activeEditor && !tinyMCE.activeEditor.isHidden();
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Alternatively, simply check if tinymce is undefined

[javascript]
var is_tinymce_active = typeof tinyMCE != “undefined”;
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Credit: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1179136/way-to-check-whether-tinymce-is-active-in-wordpress

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