Web Form - Cursor Won't Align Left in Textbox

[Todd Shillam]

I've got a Web form (using a PHP script) on an HTML page. The source looks like this:

<form action="feedback.php" method="post">
<table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="8" summary="feedback form">
<tr><td>Your Name:</td><td><input type="text" name="name" size="28" /></td></tr>
<tr><td>Your Email Address:</td><td><input type="text" name="email" size="28" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
Other Comments, Feedback, Etc.<br />
<textarea rows="15" cols="45" name="comments">
</textarea>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" colspan="2">
<input type="submit" value="SUBMIT"/><br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

The problem? In the Comments textbox, cursor position starts in about the center of the box--I'm
trying to figure out how to align (force) the cursor to the left. Thanks in advance for your help.


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Best regards,

Todd Shillam
Information Technology Consultant
Shillam Technology
http://shillamtechnology.point2this.com

 

[Hywel]

I've got a Web form (using a PHP script) on an HTML page. The source looks like this:

<form action="feedback.php" method="post">
<table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="8" summary="feedback form">
<tr><td>Your Name:</td><td><input type="text" name="name" size="28" /></td></tr>
<tr><td>Your Email Address:</td><td><input type="text" name="email" size="28" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
Other Comments, Feedback, Etc.<br />
<textarea rows="15" cols="45" name="comments">
</textarea>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" colspan="2">
<input type="submit" value="SUBMIT"/><br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

The problem? In the Comments textbox, cursor position starts in about the center of the box--I'm
trying to figure out how to align (force) the cursor to the left. Thanks in advance for your help.

You have whitespace specified for the textarea. This code (yours) has 5
or 6 spaces defined for the field.
<textarea rows="15" cols="45" name="comments">
</textarea>

Change it to this
<textarea rows="15" cols="45" name="comments"></textarea>

 

[Todd Shillam]

You have whitespace specified for the textarea. This code (yours)
has 5 or 6 spaces defined for the field.
<textarea rows="15" cols="45" name="comments">
</textarea>

Change it to this
<textarea rows="15" cols="45" name="comments"></textarea>

Hywel,

Thanks you sooooo much--that was driving me nutts this morning--I hate those annoying bugs.
Appreciate the help very much!

--
Best regards,

Todd Shillam
Information Technology Consultant
Shillam Technology
http://shillamtechnology.point2this.com

 

[Neal]

Hywel,

Thanks you sooooo much--that was driving me nutts this morning--I hate
those annoying bugs.
Appreciate the help very much!

Actually, not really a bug, it's intended behavior. Between those tags you
put the default text. That's what you essentially did.

 

[Hywel]

Actually, not really a bug, it's intended behavior. Between those tags you
put the default text. That's what you essentially did.

It was, however, a bug in the OP's mark-up.

 

[Neal]

It was, however, a bug in the OP's mark-up.

I see, and sit corrected :-\