Textbox interpreting html tags (like the label)

[studen771]

Thanks in advance to anyone whom can help

I'm assuming if this is possible, it would have to be through a custom
control...
the <asp:label> is able to interpret literal html tag input into its .text
propety and produce formatted strings in its out put. (i.e.,
mylabel.text="<b>Hi,</b> name is Joe Blow.") and it will bold the Hi, in its
response.

however, I would like to do this with a textbox. Can this be done and if so
can anyone lead me to informaiton resources to do this or offer an
explanation.

 

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

Standard HTML textboxes do not support such formatting. They are plain text
only.
However, there are a number of Rich Textboxes available for free. Here's a
list of 'em:
http://SteveOrr.net/freecontrols/textboxes.aspx