Text Area Question.

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I have a text area on my page and I have it set so that when the mouse rolls over a link on the page, it displays the related text in the text area. It works fine except...

If the text to be displayed is exceptionally long (a couple of paragraphs) it does not work. When the text is simple, without extra spacing, etc., it works great.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[RISTMO]

What's the problem? JavaScript Error? Or does it simply not work? Do you have a sample page? Check to make sure that there aren't any actual new lines in the text you enter or " marks that could be causing it to not work. Otherwise, post a sample, and we'll fix it up.

Thanks,
Rick

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

I would say you might post in the JavaScript forum (forum216), as it could well be JavaScript related.

Hope this helps,
Dan

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[BabyJeffy]

Look at the text you are trying to display. Does it have any quotes in it that may be breaking your javascript? If so... you will need to escape the offending quotes.

Example that will error:

<script type="text/javascript">
var test = "We're coming to get you!";
alert('Hello there! ' + test);
</script>

Fixed example:

<script type="text/javascript">
var test = "We[COLOR=red]\[/color]'re coming to get you!";
alert('Hello there! ' + test);
</script>

Let us know some more details... and maybe move the thread over to Javascript (if needed).

Cheers,
Jeff