Textarea questions... 1

[tviman]

I think I've had a brain-fart because I can't seem to get around this one...

In a textarea, is it possible to create a text link? How about a mailto: link? I've tried the obvious but no joy. I'm thinking that a div with overflow statement might be the better choice....

Thanks for any help.....


Patrick

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[LTeeple]

Not quite sure what you mean...

something like:

<a href="mailto: blah@blah.com"><textarea></textarea></a>

or something like:

<textarea><a href="mailto: blah@blah.com">email</a></textarea>

Cheers!
Laura

 

[tviman]

Laura...

this:

<textarea><a href="mailto: blah@blah.com">email</a></textarea>

renders this in the textarea:

<a href="mailto: blah@blah.com">email</a>

not the link...




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[tviman]

Okay - I've tried a DIV with overflow: scroll. this wiokrs well. Now, is there a way to specify vertical scroll bars only?

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[LTeeple]

I was asking a question, not posting a possible solution...


Cheers!
Laura

 

[vbkris]

overflow: auto

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[tviman]

I was asking a question, not posting a possible solution...

Laura... sorry for any misunderstandings. I was just trying to point out that the anchor tag inside of the textarea didn't give a link - just the anchor mark-up - that's what my problem was.

Kris - thanks for the heads-up! I can't tell you why I didn't try that - I looked right at it several times. Maybe I'm overdosing on my pain medication??? (Suffering from a really painful hip-dislocation...)

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[vbkris]

no problem...

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