Thanks Tim. I agree that these are escape chars. But when I do a backspace, do I not nullify the effect of the carriage return? Why would it still hold a \r?
If I am validating the content of this textarea, then do I have to look for a \r in the end and strip it if it exists? Thanks Ram Tim Hoff wrote: > > > Those are the escape characters for the carraige return Ram. > > -TH > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, rviswanathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> >> Hi All >> >> I have a textarea where I enter some information and submit. These are > the >> following steps >> >> 1. Run the attached swf >> 2. In the textarea, clear the contents and enter some text, say > "Sample >> Text" (Do not move out of the textarea until completing the next 2 > steps) >> 3. Press the carriage return >> 4. Now press backspace -> We would now end up with exactly the same > text as >> in Step2 "Sample Text" >> 5. Click the submit button - When I debug, I notice that the actual > text >> that the textarea holds is "Sample Text\r" instead of "Sample Text". >> >> I am not sure why "\r" gets added in this case. Is this an issue with >> textarea? Or is my understanding incorrect? >> >> I have attached the source code as well. Please help. >> >> Thanks >> Ram >> >> http://www.nabble.com/file/p19761965/TextAreaIssue.mxml > TextAreaIssue.mxml >> http://www.nabble.com/file/p19761965/TextAreaIssue.swf > TextAreaIssue.swf >> -- >> View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/TextArea-Issue---adds-an-extra-%22%5Cr%22-tp197619\ > 65p19761965.html >> Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/TextArea-Issue---adds-an-extra-%22%5Cr%22-tp19761965p19763919.html Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com.