Re: [WSG] Textarea problem

[Vaska . WSG]

This is really a pain.  The problem I can see is that with a liquid 
layout I need to specify an actual width for the middle column (the 
left and right columns both being fixed-width) - so the solution is not 
so easy.   Holly's hack didn't work and besides I rarely use hacks as I 
generally simplify things to a point where I either don't need them or 
I can go around the problem.

As for this problem, M$/IE wins again, I'll go back to two columns for 
this particular part of things.

Thanks for the input...v

On 10 May 2004, at 03:41, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote:

On May 9, 2004, at 11:14 pm, Vaska.WSG wrote:

I'm having a problem with a textarea.  It will display properly on 
the page (which has three div columns) but when a person begins to 
input data it automatically expands (to the right) so it occupies two 
columns instead of just the middle column.  I've never seen anything 
like this before...

<textarea name='msg' class='t1'></textarea>

.t1 {
display:inline;  <- this is a tip I got from the mail list
width:98%;
height:125px;
}
I've seen this more when using percentage based width (and the same 
happens to tables, but mostly in quirks mode).
One solution is to have a width (or height [1]) explicitly declared on 
the direct parent container.

[1] height:1% on that parent container would be OK, but only served to 
IE Windows, by using the 'Holly' hack.
Hack explained down this page
<http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/threepxtest.html>
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