Robert, My apologies. I must not have tried the jquery .html() and the nl2br.
I've gone through so many iterations this afternoon trying to find a solution. Using jQuery. Using straight JS. Must not have tried the jQuery and nl2br together. Issue solved. Thanks all. P- On Sep 13, 2009, at 6:54 PM, Robert Banh wrote: > > oh i get it now... yeah that happens if u're using the .text() method > of jquery... but you're saying the .html() method also causes that > behavior? > > > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Robert, >> >> Not sure I understand your suggestion on using <pre> should I wrap >> that around my span? >> >> In Firebug when I get the value of the textarea element is does >> contain the '\n\n' newlines. As I mentioned I found and used a JS >> routine that functions like the PHP nl2br which basically replaces >> the >> '\n' with '<br />'. The problem then is the '<br />' displays >> literally as '<br />' in the span text instead of an actual break. >> >> P- >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sep 13, 2009, at 6:25 PM, Robert Banh wrote: >> >>> >>> are the newlines being removed by jquery? try <pre> or <xmp> tags? >>> >>> if you use firebug to view the dynamic data in the span tag, does it >>> display newlines in there? >>> >>> rob >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Paul <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Greetings all, >>>> >>>> Working on the JS/jQuery this rainy Sunday afternoon. I've trying >>>> to >>>> capture submit on a form and update a span on the page with the >>>> value >>>> from the textarea. The mechanics of submit intercept and updating >>>> the >>>> field is somewhat trivial. What I've having trouble with is the >>>> formatting of the span. The value of the span when the page is >>>> loaded >>>> may contain 1-n number of paragraphs. When the user submits the >>>> form >>>> when I update the span via jQuery text() or html() I loose all >>>> formatting. In other words no breaks on the paragraphs. I've even >>>> tried adding some nl2br JS code I found but this just puts the >>>> <br /> >>>> code into the span but it doesn't get rendered by the browser. >>>> >>>> Sadly this is part of a large plugin I'm working on so can't really >>>> provide sample code. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts would be appreciated. >>>> >>>> Paul >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
