text area with IE and Netscape

[GJParker]

Hi,
I have a textarea in a form. I would like it's content, on user input, to wrap around to make data entry easier for the user.

However I found that this involves different settings for Netscape and IE, wrapping = soft or virtual.

Therefore i would like to be able to test for the browser type when the page opens and set a variable to either "soft" or "virtual" to place in the wrapping setting for the text area.

Can this be done? Or maybe there is an easier way?

Many Thanks Gary Parker
Systems Support Analyst

 

[xutopia]

which netscape are we talking about? Gary

http://www.xutopia.com

Haran

 

[GJParker]

netscape 4.7 Gary Parker
Systems Support Analyst

 

[starway]

I have "wrap=virtual" on one of my test pages and it works the same in IE, Opera and Netscape 4.

 

[xutopia]

hey Gary,

Why do you need to support Netscape 4.x? Gary

http://www.xutopia.com

Haran

 

[JHerr]

Thanks for that, i had it just set to soft before.

Yep, gotta support netscape unfortunately many of the users are on 4.7. Therefor much grief for me as i prefer IE.

 

[xutopia]

what is your means of estimating users with Netscape 4.x? And what is the amount of these people that can't have Netscape 6.2 for free? Gary

http://www.xutopia.com

Haran