L.D. wondered:
>Is there a way to set the point where a line wraps, if
>you want it to extend past the entry field size??
Not quite the solution you seek, but there's the "wrap"
attribute for <textarea>, indicated as Netscape only.
The most useful way to use it is wrap=physical -- the
text is wrapped within the text area and sent as if the
user had actually type it that way.
Wrap=virtual presents wrapped text to the user, which
is then sent all on one line.
The default is wrap=off which obeys line feeds from the
user, but otherwise displays and sends the text on one
line.
The cols and rows attributes to <textarea> should be
used, to countermand the browser from setting aside a
small text area. You don't really want folks to have
to scroll horizontally, as implied by the question?
Eric (Line Length Constable) wrote:
>> Actually, I got tired of pointing out excessive line
>> length and being ignored by certain individuals.
Something for us to "muell" over <g>
Site owners afraid of white space - and seeing their web-logs
reporting a smaller percentage of VGA users - are using fixed
width tables of 700 pixels and up more frequently. We don't
see long line lengths from the more mature (in some respects)
newspaper industry.
The simplest solution is to read the offending pages with
ViewHTML. Damned quick, too.
Regards,
Jake
