[thelist] re: color text within a text area

phil phil at xlab.co.uk
Thu Oct 31 09:24:01 CST 2002


Hmm, this just prints out the code precisely as it appears.
(as shown at http://www.xlab.co.uk/test.html)

I guess there is no way to do this?...

>> This would work, though it could potentially get cluttered if you did
>> it a
>> lot:
>>
>> This text would be black, while <span style="color: #ff6600" >this text
>> would be colored,</span> and then would return to black.

> You would expect that to work, when in fact it does not. (At least
> in Mozilla.)
>
>  It's an interesting interpretation of what the <textarea> spec means.
>
>  -Max




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