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how to change the aligment of a textarea
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How can I write a javascript code to change the alignment of a textarea so that the user can select a part of of a textarea and change the alignment of this part by clicking a button?
thanks
How can I write a javascript code to change the alignment of a textarea so that the user can select a part of of a textarea and change the alignment of this part by clicking a button?
thanks
Last edited by dks1383; Dec 31st, 2007 at 4:09 am.
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Try the textAlign style.
But it may not work. The text alignment of a text box or a text area depends on the data type it is used for.
But it may not work. The text alignment of a text box or a text area depends on the data type it is used for.
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text-align Attribute | textAlign Property
Sets or retrieves whether the text in the object is left-aligned, right-aligned, centered, or justified
The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle . The property has a default value of left . The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is inherited.
Applies To: BLOCKQUOTE , BODY , CENTER , currentStyle , DD , DIR , DIV , DL , DT , FIELDSET , FORM , hn , HR , INPUT type=password , INPUT type=text , LI , LISTING , MARQUEE , MENU , OL , P , PLAINTEXT , PRE , runtimeStyle , style , TABLE , TD , TEXTAREA , TH , TR , UL , XMP
Sets or retrieves whether the text in the object is left-aligned, right-aligned, centered, or justified
The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle . The property has a default value of left . The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is inherited.
Applies To: BLOCKQUOTE , BODY , CENTER , currentStyle , DD , DIR , DIV , DL , DT , FIELDSET , FORM , hn , HR , INPUT type=password , INPUT type=text , LI , LISTING , MARQUEE , MENU , OL , P , PLAINTEXT , PRE , runtimeStyle , style , TABLE , TD , TEXTAREA , TH , TR , UL , XMP
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but you still wont be able to align PART of the text differently to another part. Not in the same textbox anyway.
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