Adding wp_editor to custom metabox

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I am adding fields to a custom post type. How can I have editing options in my meta data just as they are in the editor box? 

 add_action('add_meta_boxes', 'add_property');

 function add_property(){
 add_meta_box("description-meta", "Property Description", "desc_options", "property", "normal");
 }

    function desc_options(){
    global $post;
    $values = get_post_custom($post->ID);
    $description = isset( $values['description'] ) ? esc_attr( $values['description'][0] ) : '';

    wp_nonce_field( 'my_meta_box_nonce', 'meta_box_nonce' );
?>
    <p>
    <label>Description:</label><br/><textarea name="description" cols="100" rows="20"><?php echo $description; ?></textarea>
    </p>

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  1. Unfortunately you can’t yet…

    see this trac ticket: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19173

    In particular it seems that:

    The problem is that TinyMCE, once initialized cannot be moved in the DOM, or rather the browsers cannot handle it being moved. That’s why the errors are so inconsistent in different browsers. Moving the postbox triggers this. Some browsers/versions handle that better than others as @ocean90 mentions above but generally the editor textarea and iframe shouldn’t be moved.
    –azaozz

  2. Post custom metabox textarea using wp_editor

    There is at least 1 issue with using wp_editor in a meta box, as
    discussed in ticket #19173(Good read on the subject of wp_editor and
    meta boxes). TinyMCE gets all messed up if you move the meta box that
    contains it (specifically, if TinyMCE’s location in the DOM is
    changed). You can, however, use the Quicktags version (non tinyMCE).
    Another alternative is to just not move the box (lame) or add your
    editors using the edit_page_form or edit_form_advanced hooks instead
    of using add_meta_box().

    I wrote a quick plugin to demonstrate the issue. It’s a fully working
    example of using wp_editor in a meta box though. You can configure
    wp_editor to make it more meta box friendly by disabling TinyMCE and
    enabling quicktags using the appropriate args.