DonB
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| Posted: 12/11/2003, 9:54 AM |
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I have always hated the TEXTAREA. Takes up a lot of space and if you shrink
'em so wveryting fits, then they are hard to edit.
Here's something to try (found at subsimple.com/bookmarklets) - a bit of
javascript you can add to the TEXTAREA (I happened to use the ondblclick);
ondblclick="javascript:function resizeTextArea(wndw){var
areas=wndw.document.getElementsByTagName('textarea');for(var
i=0;i<areas.length;i++){void(areas.cols*=3);void(areas.rows*=3);}}void
(frms=window.frames);if(frms.length==0){resizeTextArea(window);}else{for(var
i=0;i<frms.length;i++){resizeTextArea(frms);}}"
When you double-click in the textarea, it enlarges (my example enlarges 3x
both rows and cols). A nice touch, I think.
When you submit the form, things restore to their normal size.
If you have TEXTAREAs in grids, this is really handy because you can make
the TEXTAREA 1 row tall and it looks much nicer when you scroll through the
list.
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DonB
http://www.gotodon.com/ccbth
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Dave Rexel
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| Posted: 12/11/2003, 2:06 PM |
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Excellent Don,
Thanks for sharing, been trying to code this for a long time.
Dave
"DonB" <~ccbth~@gotodon.com> wrote in message
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> I have always hated the TEXTAREA. Takes up a lot of space and if you
shrink
> 'em so wveryting fits, then they are hard to edit.
>
> Here's something to try (found at subsimple.com/bookmarklets) - a bit of
> javascript you can add to the TEXTAREA (I happened to use the ondblclick);
>
> ondblclick="javascript:function resizeTextArea(wndw){var
> areas=wndw.document.getElementsByTagName('textarea');for(var
>
i=0;i<areas.length;i++){void(areas.cols*=3);void(areas.rows*=3);}}void
>
(frms=window.frames);if(frms.length==0){resizeTextArea(window);}else{for(var
> i=0;i<frms.length;i++){resizeTextArea(frms);}}"
>
> When you double-click in the textarea, it enlarges (my example enlarges 3x
> both rows and cols). A nice touch, I think.
> When you submit the form, things restore to their normal size.
>
> If you have TEXTAREAs in grids, this is really handy because you can make
> the TEXTAREA 1 row tall and it looks much nicer when you scroll through
the
> list.
> --
> DonB
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> http://www.gotodon.com/ccbth
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