Posted by Adrienne Boswell on 03/11/06 00:40
Gazing into my crystal ball I observed loshbolton@hotmail.com writing in
news:1142020379.661242.245770@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com:
> Hiya,
> How can I make a text box on my website using html, that
> users can scroll through and to be able to highlight the text and copy
> and paste it? Its like a what I call a html text box where people
> provide html codes for you to cpy and paste them so they put them into
> small boxes for you lol!
> Could any one tell me the html code for this type of box thing or
> suggest another type of way to go about it? Please help
> Thanks
> x
>
>
You don't need a text box for people to copy and paste. As a matter of
fact, that can get unweildly if the text has to be scrolled. Better
would be just put the text on the page:
<p>Here is the stuff you want. Just highlight, then copy and paste.</p>
<pre><p>Here is the stuff you want. Just highlight, then copy and
paste.</p></pre>
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Adrienne Boswell
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