How to select the first line in textarea?

laziers · Jan 27, 2008

Hi,
Anyone how could I select the first line in the <textarea> after page
load?
I have done after clicking on the textarea, but this isn't good I must
have after load

bye

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn · Jan 27, 2008

laziers wrote:
^^^^^^^
Nomen est omen?

Anyone how could I select the first line in the <textarea> after page
load?
I have done after clicking on the textarea, but this isn't good I must
have after load

1. <body onload="...">
2. http://www.google.com/search?q=textarea+line+select

HTH

PointedEars

Doug Gunnoe · Jan 27, 2008

Hi,
Anyone how could I select the first line in the <textarea> after page
load?
I have done after clicking on the textarea, but this isn't good I must
have after load

bye

How did you do it by clicking?

Just do the same thing, except instead of onclick, do
onload="whatEverYouWerDoingBefore()"

But what will be in the textarea when the page loads?

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn · Jan 27, 2008

Doug said:
Anyone how could I select the first line in the <textarea> after page
load? I have done after clicking on the textarea, but this isn't good
I must have after load
[...]

Click to expand...

How did you do it by clicking?

Just do the same thing, except instead of onclick, do
onload="whatEverYouWerDoingBefore()"

Probably the OP did not mean a selection programmed by *them*.

But what will be in the textarea when the page loads?

The element's text content or any string value that has been assigned
to the `value' property of the element object in the process. RTFM.

PointedEars

laziers · Jan 27, 2008

1. said:
2.http://www.google.com/search?q=textarea+line+select

ok thats fine, but I cant do this in body

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn · Jan 27, 2008

laziers said:
ok thats fine, but I cant do this in body

Why not?

BTW, please not remove the attribution line.

PointedEars

liamgegan · Jan 27, 2008

ok thats fine, but I cant do this in body

Do you not have control of the body element directly? If not, perhaps:

window.onload=function()
{
...
}

laziers · Jan 28, 2008

Do you not have control of the body element directly? If not, perhaps:

window.onload=function()
{
...

hmm maby this will work, thx

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How to select the first line in textarea?

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