Posted by william.clarke on 01/03/07 22:06

Curtis wrote:
> iFrames aren't necessary either. Setting the overflow property to auto
> in the stylesheet will cause any block-level element to scroll.
>
> On Jan 2, 2:16 pm, "william.clarke" <william.cla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Krustov wrote:
> > > <comp.lang.php>
> > > <raj>
> > > <Mon, 1 Jan 2007 16:43:16 +0000>
> > > <0001HW.C1BEEAA4001125FAB019F...@news.zen.co.uk>
> >
> > > > I'm a newbie needing help to fix imported text in a textarea i.e so that the
> > > > imported text in the text area cannot be changed in the webbrowser. Here's
> > > > the code snippet:
> >
> > > > <p><textarea name="textarea2" cols="70" rows="7" wrap="virtual"><?php
> > > > include("contracts/termsandconditions.txt"); ?></textarea></p>
> >
> > > <textarea name="textarea2" disabled cols="70" rows="7">
> >
> > > Will grey the text .
> >
> > > <textarea name="textarea2" readonly cols="70" rows="7">
> >
> > > Will display the text as normal .
> >
> > > --
> > >www.phptakeaway.co.uk
> > > (work in progress)Why put it in a text area if it isn't edittable? You could just display
> > the text in an iframe on a page if you want the scroll bar look,
> > otherwise surely a bordered div would give the same effect, without
> > having to worry about users editing things? You probably have a good
> > reason for doing things this way, but I generally only display form
> > controls if a user can actually interact with them.

Thanks for that one Curtis I didn't know that trick (I'll make a note
of it now so that if I am doing that sort of thing I will hopefully
remember it) :)

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