The textarea box is generated by a 3rd party assembly, so I don't have
access to it.
but it is working now
thanks!
"Karl" <karl REMOVE @ REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME net> wrote in
message news:...
> I don't understand why you'd want to do it on load...why not just set it
> right to begin with? Well, assuming you have your reasons, you have 2
> problems with your code
>
> [1] you arenn't passing a reference to your textarea, you are just passing
> an id, try to change that to:
> onLoad="SetNewSize(document.getElementById('Deskto pText_Div_ta'));">
>
> [2] Since you are using styles to set the width and height, you'll want to
> change the code to
> textarea.style.width = '900px';
> textarea.style.height = 'YYYpx';
>
> Karl
>
> "TJS" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > with the javascript, I think I would use the onload event, but it is
not
> > working.
> >
> >
> > ....
> > <script language="javascript">
> > function SetNewSize(textarea){
> > textarea.cols = 70;
> > textarea.rows = 10;
> > }
> > </script>
> >
> > ....
> > <body onLoad="SetNewSize('DesktopText_Div_ta')">
> >
> > ...
> >
> > <textarea wrap="soft" id="DesktopText_Div_ta"
> >
>
style="width='650px';height:'100%';display:block;B ackground-color:#ffffff">
> >
> > ...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Karl" <karl REMOVE @ REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME net> wrote
in
> > message news:%...
> > > Using javascript, yet..what events do you want to trigger this..here's
> one
> > > that'll work on each keystroke:
> > >
> > > <textarea name="x" onKeyUp="SetNewSize(this);" cols="5"
> > rows="4"></textarea>
> > > <script language="javascript">
> > > function SetNewSize(textarea){
> > > if (textarea.value.length > 5){
> > > textarea.cols = 50;
> > > textarea.rows = 50;
> > > }else{
> > > textarea.cols = 10;
> > > textarea.rows = 15;
> > > }
> > > }
> > > </script>
> > >
> > > Karl
> > >
> > > "TJS" <> wrote in message
> > > news:%...
> > > > can the rows and columns of a textarea element with an id be changed
> on
> > > the
> > > > fly ?
> > > >
> > > > if so is there an example ?
> > > >
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