<textarea> question

[Mel Smith]

Hi:

I'd like to 'pimp up' my <textarea> input so that a user can use at
least 'bold' and 'underline' codes and see the result as they are entering
text.

If this is (reasonable) possible, I'd welcome any guidance, or links

Thank you.

-Mel Smith

 

[rf]

Hi:

I'd like to 'pimp up' my <textarea> input so that a user can use at
least 'bold' and 'underline' codes and see the result as they are entering
text.

Not possible.

 

[Mel Smith]

rf said

Not possible.

Thanks for letting me know

-Mel

 

[rf]

rf said

Thanks for letting me know

There is of course the option of using (or writing) a rich text editor.

Tinymce is one example but there are quite a few out there.

Quite complicated though if you decide to write one yourself. Getting the
cross-browser stuff (well, real browsers verses IE) is tedious and
copy/paste, expecially from Word, is a PITA.