Re: TEXTAREA wrapping control in HTML 4.01

by David Jones <dvjones(at)ksbe.edu>

 Date:  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:33:24 -1000
 To:  hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org
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On 17 Oct 2002, at 3:27, Rob Atkinson wrote:

> > Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 15:08:07 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Brian Smith
> > Subject: TEXTAREA wrapping control in HTML 4.01
> >
> > I'm working on validating a site for 4.01 Transitional,
> > and the only thing holding me back from that goal is a
> > "wrap=hard" in a mail form text area.
> >
> > Is there a 4.01 compliant way to do this, or do I just
> > settle for the page never quite validating? :-)
> 
> Wrap (of any kind) has never been included within the
> Standards. It is believed that the individual Browser
> should be responsible for how wrapping is handled. Most of
> us though, learned about doing it manually (since IE wraps
> by default yet Netscape doesn't) and just throw it in.

Couldn't it (wrapping) be done using layers and DIVs or 
something like that? Sorry, not a knower of such things.

David
dvjones(at)ksbe.edu
 

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