Hi,
The simplest way to implement this would be to subclass the TextArea
class and override the render method.
@Override
public void render(HtmlStringBuffer buffer) {
buffer.append("<span>");
super.render(buffer);
buffer.append("</span>");
}
regards Malcolm Edgar
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:28 AM, J.F. Zarama <[email protected]> wrote:
> Malcom:
> could you forward this message where appropriate; I am attempting sending to
> [email protected] but it bounces back;
> thanks;
>
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> J.F. Zarama
> http://jfzarama.blogspot.com/
>
> I have an application that works well with other browsers except IE6 and
> IE7.
> It cuts-off the form and/or clips the right side on entry fields, as
> described here and here where it referred to a double float-margin bug in
> IE6.
> It is particularly bad when one has a TextArea, or TinyMCE. The entry
> fieldas above the TextArea are clipped and the Forms renders about 1/2;
> input TextFields do not show clossing portion of the input outline box.
> Using a TextArea one way to render it properly is to to pre-fill the
> TextArea with blank-characters. This 'pushes' the TextArea, expands it,
> along with the fields above it.
> This is fine except that once blanks are pre-filled in the TextArea it
> behaves improperly when entering text; this method does not work for
> TinyMCE.
> One mentioned solution is to enclose the affected input fields with
> <div></div> or <span></span> tags.
> Question: how do I enclose, selected TextFields and/or TexttArea, or
> TynyMCE, with <span> </span>. Do I need a subclass of TextArea, TextField or
> Form?
> Please advice should you have encountered and corrected this
> very annoying problem with IE7 ad IE6.
> A comment in one of the entries reads as follows:
>
> Thanx for the menu of suggestions Mathew. I had the same problem and I
> enclosed the textarea tag inside of a span tag and viola! Instant fix.
>
> Your input on resolving this problem is appreciated; thanks;
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