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Really annoying text area..

by Intrepreneur
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I have a really, really annoying text area, I've took it into NVU to see if I could rectify it but no, it doesnt want to work..

Basically I create the text area

Code:
<p
 style="text-align: center;"><textarea
 wrap="off" cols="1" rows="1"
 name="advertisementideas">*ideashere*</textarea></p>
But when uplaoded to the web, or even in preview mode the Text area, is not in full view, it is just a wee small square showing about 3 letters of everything that is supposed to be inside it.

I'm getting really confused with this..

I did one yesterday and it was fine, today it is not :-)

Please help.. Thank you.
#annoying #area #text
  • Profile picture of the author Kezz
    Try bumping up the number of rows and columns and seeing what you get.

    With a text area, rows and columns aren't like in a table. Instead they are actually a measurement of height and width. Silly? Yes I'm afraid so. Don't you love coding!
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  • Profile picture of the author Richard Whyte
    Hi Intrepreneur

    Your problem is in the number of columns. If you want to see this "live" and experiment with the numbers, w3schools.com has some interesting tools.

    This link is to the "test textarea" page.
    Tryit Editor v1.4

    Paste your code into the left side panel for the textarea and then click the button to see what it looks like on the right side panel.

    Try something like 20 columns and then either make it bigger or smaller depending on what you like.

    w3schools.com is an excellent resource for web designers that want to be able to access reference materiel. I use the HTML, XHTML and CSS references fairly often...

    Have a Great Day!
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  • Profile picture of the author Richard Whyte
    Hello

    If you just learned HTML two days ago, then w3schools.com is really for you. It has some basic tutorials, but most important is the reference area. If you load the page and then look at the box to the top right of the main content area, you will see a list of refences.... These are very good for teaching you about each of the commands that you can use in HTML and CSS (and other languages as you progress).

    I would bookmark this site and visit it fairly often if I was you. It will help you learn these languages.

    Glad to hear you solved the problem.

    Have a Great Day!
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    • Profile picture of the author Intrepreneur
      Originally Posted by Richard Whyte View Post

      .

      I would bookmark this site and visit it fairly often if I was you. It will help you learn these languages.

      Glad to hear you solved the problem.

      Have a Great Day!
      Yes a very good idea, I was going to keep a swipe file of all the stuff I've been learning but I guess w3schools has already done that for me..


      Thanks for the support.
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