Concering textboxes using PHP

by **toadsMoke** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:14 am

I am currently trying to figure out a method of making a textbox that is
400x400 with the alignment of text inside set to justified. also, when there
is too much text to fit in the box, a vertical scroll bar can be used to
scroll down.

If someone could paste the code required that would be great. I've been
trying to figure this one out for a week, but my knowledge of PHP is too
limited as of yet to do this.

If this isn't possible, what script should I use to efficiently do this?

Thanks in advance.

by **swirlee** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 1:33 pm

Moved to HTML Basics. This has nothing to do with PHP. Something like this would do fine:

Code: Select all: <html> <head> <style type="text/css"> textarea#mytextbox { width: 400px; height: 400px; text-align: justify; } </style> </head> <body> <form> <textarea id="mytextbox"></textarea> </form> </body> </html>

by **toadsMoke** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 3:27 pm

The problem with doing it that way is the justify alignment actually doesn't work.

I do not want to use frames

There must be other options.

by **swirlee** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:45 pm

toadsMoke wrote:The problem with doing it that way is the justify alignment actually doesn't work.

I do not want to use frames

Right you are. Looks like the textarea element doesn't support the justify attribute.

I can't think of another way to do this without seriously jeopardizing the potential usability of your site. In fact, justifying text in a textarea seems pretty counter-intuitive anyway -- users expect textareas to behave in a very particular way. Making textarea input justified doesn't really have any potential benefit (aesthetic? I don't think so..). What, exactly, are you trying to accomplish by doing this?

by **toadsMoke** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:57 pm

http://dwn.is-a-geek.com/index.php?id=updates

basically just that. but i dont want to use iframes or frames of any kind...

Concering textboxes using PHP

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