Text area question

[Bamarama]

I have a txt area that I am using for editing purposes.

For the initial value of the box, how can I tell it to put a space in?

for example...

I want it to show...

First Name

Last name

instead of

FirstName
Last Name

Basically I want to put a <br> in there. How would I go about doing this??

TIA

 

[vacunita]

You need to use an ascii line break:

\n\r

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[Bamarama]

I searched and saw that, wasn't sure if it fit my application.

But I do not understand where I would place that. Everywhere I put it, it shows up as "\r\n

 

[Bamarama]

Here is the actual code

							<textarea name="s_song" style="width: 569px; height: 690px" cols="20"><%=var1%>

<%

 if var3 = var4 then
 %>
Words and music by: <%=var4%>
 
 <% else %>
 Words By: <%=var3%>
 Music By: <%=var4%>
 
  <%end if%>

<%=var4a%></textarea>

variables aside, where would I place this code??

 

[vacunita]

Anywhere you want a line break. For instance say you want the following inside a textarea:

Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4

<textarea>
Line1 
\n\r
Line2
\n\r
Line3 \n\r Line4

</textarea>

Unless you are parsing the text area contents afterward, it should directly work.



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Phil AKA Vacunita
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Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

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