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06-10-2006, 03:24 PM

mason

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okay, how do I make a text area not allow a user to type anything past its width size? On mine, I can type as long as I want on 1 line, how do I stop that? When it reaches the width of the box I want it to start a new line.

06-10-2006, 03:28 PM

Andy

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You have to put spaces in your words, browsers aren't clever enough to hyphenate words.

06-10-2006, 03:59 PM

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Possibly try applying

Code:

word-wrap: break-word;

to the textarea's style.
May not work in IE though, I'm not sure.

06-16-2006, 07:50 PM

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You could use Javascript

Here is a link, but there are several out there...Hope this help

http://javascript.internet.com/forms...-textarea.html