If you want a <textarea> element, then don't use INPUT(_type='textarea') --
instead it should be TEXTAREA(). Once you do that, hitting enter will
insert a line break rather than submit the form, and you'll be able to set
the columns and rows if you don't like the default size.
Anthony
On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 8:46:16 AM UTC-5, Francisco Barretto wrote:
>
> Hi there, it might be (and probably is) a silly but I have a series of
> questions concerning the following form:
>
> form=FORM(TABLE(TR("Nome:",INPUT(_type="text",_name="name", _value=
> user_name, _writable=False, requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY())),
> TR("Email:",INPUT(_type="text",_name="email",_value
> =user_email, _writable=False, requires=IS_EMAIL())),
> TR("Message:",INPUT(_type="textarea",_name=
> "message", requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY())),
> #TD(Recaptcha(request,__conf__.public_key(),
> __conf__.private_key())),
> TR(TD(), TD(INPUT(_type="submit", _value="Send"),
> INPUT(_type="button",_value="Cancel",_onclick="javascript:history.go(-1);"
> ), INPUT(_type="button",_value="Clear",_onclick="this.form.reset();")))))
>
>
> 1) How can I set the number of rows and columns of a textarea in a regular
> form?
> 2) How can I allow lines breaks ( \n ) in a textarea field? Actually when
> I hit enter, it submits the form.
> 3) How can I set an input textfield as non-writable? '_writable=False'
> doesnt work
>
> Thanks!
>
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