If you haven't disabled it...triple clicking will select all text in a text area.
One click puts cursor at moust pointer. Two clicks selects entire word (white space to white space) Three clicks selects entire content of text area box. At least in IE 6 on win XP. I do this all the time in a content management form I've worked up. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource Sacramento, CA -----Original Message----- From: FlashGuy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 4:03 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: <iframes Yes...I have some JS that disables this features. On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 12:08:20 -0800, Barney Boisvert wrote: > You should be able to use the mouse to select it. Or hit CTRL-A to select > all. If you can't then something's screwy. Do you perhaps have a JS > function that's capturing mouse events for some other purpose? > > --- > Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer > AudienceCentral (formerly PIER System, Inc.) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > voice : 360.671.8708 x12 > fax : 360.647.5351 > > www.audiencecentral.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: FlashGuy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:53 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: <iframes > > > > > > Hmm...if I type in a large paragprah and I want to delete all of > > it whats the easiest way? I can't hilight it with the curser. The > > only way is to backspace all the text. I bit of a > > pain... > > > > > > On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 14:47:24 -0500, FlashGuy wrote: > > > > > OK...thanks > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:37:16 -0800, Barney Boisvert wrote: > > > > > > > An IFRAME is just like a normal frame, except that you can > > put it inside a > > > > normal page. It's not a text input field. TEXTAREA is the > > beast you're > > > > looking for. > > > > > > > > <textarea name="solution" cols="30" rows="6" wrap="virtual" > > > > style="width:600px;height:80px;">Key in information here...</textarea> > > > > > > > > --- > > > > Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer > > > > AudienceCentral (formerly PIER System, Inc.) > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > voice : 360.671.8708 x12 > > > > fax : 360.647.5351 > > > > > > > > www.audiencecentral.com > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: FlashGuy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:24 AM > > > > > To: CF-Talk > > > > > Subject: Re: <iframes > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to create a larger input area for the user to key in > > > > > information. This is what I have using an <iframe> but I can't > > > > > seem to be able to "input" any information with the box? > > > > > Is there another way of doing this? > > > > > > > > > > <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> > > > > > <tr> > > > > > <td> > > > > > <iframe name="solution" id="problem" width="600" > > > > > height="80" marginwidth="8" marginheight="8" align="top" > > > > > scrolling="yes" frameborder="0"> > > > > > Key in information here... > > > > > </iframe> > > > > > </td> > > > > > </tr> > > > > > </table> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Colonel Nathan R. Jessop > > > > > Commanding Officer > > > > > Marine Ground Forces > > > > > Guatanamo Bay, Cuba > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
