Re: textarea wrapping

In a message dated 05/06/00 16:00:49 GMT Daylight Time, ssegarra(at)mitre.org 
writes:

> Is there an attribute to set so that the text a user inputs into a
>  textarea wraps?  I looked at the 4.0 specification for textareas, but I
>  didn't see anything.

Steve, whether text entered into TEXTAREA boxes wraps or not depends on the 
browser, and indeed that fits with the HTML 4.01 spec which says (from clause 
17.7, relating to the COLS attribute):

"User agents may wrap visible text lines to keep long lines visible without 
the need for scrolling."

Note the word "MAY" - not "must" or "shall". So some browsers do wrap, others 
don't. I don't know of any way to force wrapping in a browser that doesn't.

Regards
Keith Bell

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