I cannot figure out what is wrong with my markup, but the placeholder for the text area will not appear. It seems as though it may be covered up with some blank spaces and tabs. When you focus on the text area and delete from where the cursor puts itself, then leave the text area, … Read more
I want to add a newline in a textarea. I tried with \n and <br/> tag but are not working. You can see above the HTML code. Can you help me to insert a newline in a textarea? <textarea cols=”60″ rows=”8″>This is my statement one.\n This is my statement2</textarea> <textarea cols=”60″ rows=”8″>This is my statement … Read more
I have a simple text area in a form like this: <textarea style=”width:350px; height:80px;” cols=”42″ rows=”5″ name=”sitelink”> <?php if($siteLink_val) echo $siteLink_val; ?> </textarea> I keep getting extra white space in this textarea. When I tab into it my cursor is like in the middle of the textarea and not in the beginning? What is the … Read more
Every time I develop a new form that includes a textarea I have the following dilemma when I need to specify its dimensions: Use CSS or use the textarea‘s attributes cols and rows? What are the pros and cons of each method? What are the semantics of using these attributes? How is it usually done? … Read more
Closed. This question is not reproducible or was caused by typos. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 2 years ago. Improve this question I want to set a default value for my html <textarea>. I read from a material that … Read more
There was another thread about this, which I’ve tried. But there is one problem: the textarea doesn’t shrink if you delete the content. I can’t find any way to shrink it to the correct size – the clientHeight value comes back as the full size of the textarea, not its contents. The code from that … Read more
I am attempting to set a value in a textarea field using jquery with the following code: $(“textarea#ExampleMessage”).attr(“value”, result.exampleMessage); The issue is, once this code executes, it is not altering the text in the textarea? However when performing an alert($(“textarea#ExampleMessage”).attr(“value”)) the newly set value is returned? 27 s 27 Have you tried val? $(“textarea#ExampleMessage”).val(result.exampleMessage);
