[Javascript] textarea properties

[Chris Harrison]

 I found the wrap proerty which stops soft wrapping (but allows hard 
wrapping, CR's, etc)
 <textarea wrap=off>...
 Chris.

 On 4/13/05, Peter Brunone <peter at brunone.com> wrote: 
> 
>   The alternative would be for the textarea to get longer and longer and 
> longer as you type more text without a CR...? Or would it be for it to 
> scroll?
>   I don't know of a way to make the textarea do either, except of course 
> to keep a record of the width of the element and every time you press a key, 
> see if the current line is longer than the textarea and if so, make the 
> textarea wider by the width of one character... The derivation is left as an 
> exercise for the reader :-D
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
> *From:* javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu [mailto:
> javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu] *On Behalf Of *Chris Harrison
>  ok, what about the fact that a <textarea> wraps text by default, is there 
> a way to make it not do that - for both Mozilla and IE?
>  Chris.
>  On 4/13/05, Troy III Ajnej <trojani2000 at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> > 
> > We have allready discussed this matter few years ago. Off course the 
> > SPAN is
> > in all imaginable ways, far more preferable and more suitable. 
> > 
> > >From: "Peter Brunone" <peter at brunone.com>
> > >
> > > I've heard several people mention using an iframe, but my own
> > >preference is a span tag. Does anyone know why one or the other would
> > >be better?
> > >
> > >-----Original Message----- 
> > >From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu
> > >[mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu] On Behalf Of Allard Schripsema 
> > >
> > >
> > >You can imitate that behaviour using for example an iframe and a
> > >document (contenteditable to make user think it´s a textarea) in it.
> > >Check out online email editors and to see how it works 
> > >Allard
> > >-----Mensagem original-----
> > >De: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu
> > >[mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu ]Em nome de judah
> > >
> > >
> > >afaik it's not possible. otherwise there wouldn't be things like this
> > >http://xinha.python-hosting.com/
> > >best
> > >judah 
> > >
> > >Chris Harrison wrote:
> > >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >Is it possible to bolded & italice certain letters, phrases, etc in a
> > >regular textarea?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >
> > >Chris
> > > 
> > >
> > >
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