Title: CodeMirror.fromTextArea error breaks Admin area
Last modified: July 3, 2018

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# CodeMirror.fromTextArea error breaks Admin area

 *  [curtismchale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/curtismchale/)
 * (@curtismchale)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/codemirror-fromtextarea-error-breaks-admin-area/)
 * I can’t edit the Max Mega Menu Theme because the tabs won’t switch. In fact none
   of the JS works on the settings page found at [https://www.site.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=maxmegamenu_theme_editor&theme=default](https://www.site.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=maxmegamenu_theme_editor&theme=default)
 * This is the error I get in the console. I see this same issue on both a Digital
   Ocean droplet running php 7.2 and on WPEngine running PHP 5.2
    ` TypeError: CodeMirror.
   fromTextArea is not a function[Learn More] settings.js:34:26 <anonymous> [https://www.site.com/wp-content/plugins/megamenu/js/settings.js:34:26](https://www.site.com/wp-content/plugins/megamenu/js/settings.js:34:26)
   i [https://www.site.com/wp-admin/load-scripts.php:2:27444](https://www.site.com/wp-admin/load-scripts.php:2:27444)
   fireWith [https://www.site.com/wp-admin/load-scripts.php:2:28213](https://www.site.com/wp-admin/load-scripts.php:2:28213)
   ready [https://www.site.com/wp-admin/load-scripts.php:2:30004](https://www.site.com/wp-admin/load-scripts.php:2:30004)
   K [https://www.site.com/wp-admin/load-scripts.php:2:30366](https://www.site.com/wp-admin/load-scripts.php:2:30366)`

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 *  Plugin Author [megamenu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megamenu/)
 * (@megamenu)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/codemirror-fromtextarea-error-breaks-admin-area/#post-10461085)
 * Hi Curtis,
 * This sounds like a plugin (or maybe theme) conflict. Please could you disable
   all plugins, check it works, then if it does enable plugins one by one until 
   it breaks again? Then report back here with which plugin is conflicting, and 
   I will see if I can create a fix.
 * Regards,
    Tom

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