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Textarea wrapping problem in Firefox using xhtml strict - 7/22/2005 16:47:25
I actually posted this question as an aside in another post, but I thought it might fare better in a thread of it’s own, and although the other problem I was having, I don't think is a problem now, I can't work out what's happening with the textareas on my forms.
I have a textarea on a form, and while it seems to work just fine in everything else, including IE, with text wrapping nicely onto the next line, a horizontal scrollbar appears and it just keeps going and going in FF – you can see the problem here (it only shows up in FF).
I’m using xhtml strict, and of course the "wrap" attribute isn't part of the xhtml specification. When I first uploaded the page to the server, initially I forgot to upload the updated version of my css. Now I don’t know if it’s anything to do with the css, but before I uploaded the revised css, it did wrap properly. I’ve tried it again with the css for that particular form element taken out, but this time it didn’t make any difference. The (x)html for the textarea is:
<dt><label for="eventdescription">Description:</label></dt>
<dd><textarea id="eventdescription" name="eventdescription" rows="5" cols="35" onkeypress="textCounter(this,this.form.counter,300);"></textarea></dd>
And the css is:
#eventdescription, #contact { width: 300px; }
(I’ve also tried putting in:
{ white-space: no-wrap; }
which BobbyDouglas also tried, and that made no difference either)
Anyone any ideas what’s going on here, or does anyone know of any way to force wrapping in FF?
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RE: Textarea wrapping problem in Firefox using xhtml st... - 7/22/2005 18:59:25
I wouldn't worry too much - it's only a problem if people are entering a single long long string of characters - normal text wraps with no problems.
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RE: Textarea wrapping problem in Firefox using xhtml st... - 10/22/2005 4:39:57
That's still the problem, even the content on the link I posted doesn't work. The strings are not that long either.
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RE: Textarea wrapping problem in Firefox using xhtml st... - 10/22/2005 7:48:16
But in my case it doesn't work.
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I can't believe I didn't spot that! I was testing it by just keeping my finger on one key and watching the little counter go down, not putting in any spaces or anything! 
That's solved that mystery as well then. 
