TextArea width expands when typed in (IE specific)

I've encountered a bug in IE that I can not find a fix to. Maybe
someone can help me out here.

I have a 3 column css layout. The middle column is fluid and expands
as the browser is resized. I have a textarea who's width is 100%. This
text box resides in the middle column. When the page renders in IE the
textarea is sized to 100% of the middle div, the way it should be.
However, when i start typing in this box it immediately expands beyond
the left boundary of its container div.

Anyone encounter this and have a fix for it? I do not want to set this
to a static pixel width.

Thank you.

re: TextArea width expands when typed in (IE specific)

Thirteenva wrote:
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> I've encountered a bug in IE that I can not find a fix to.
> Maybe someone can help me out here.
>
> I have a 3 column css layout. The middle column is fluid
> and expands as the browser is resized. I have a textarea
> who's width is 100%. This text box resides in the middle
> column. When the page renders in IE the textarea is sized
> to 100% of the middle div, the way it should be. However,
> when i start typing in this box it immediately expands
> beyond the left boundary of its container div.
>
> Anyone encounter this and have a fix for it? I do not want
> to set this to a static pixel width.[/color]

url?

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re: TextArea width expands when typed in (IE specific)

Thirteenva wrote:
[color=blue]
> I've encountered a bug in IE that I can not find a fix to. Maybe
> someone can help me out here.
>
> I have a 3 column css layout. The middle column is fluid and expands
> as the browser is resized. I have a textarea who's width is 100%. This
> text box resides in the middle column. When the page renders in IE the
> textarea is sized to 100% of the middle div, the way it should be.
> However, when i start typing in this box it immediately expands beyond
> the left boundary of its container div.
>
> Anyone encounter this and have a fix for it? I do not want to set this
> to a static pixel width.[/color]

How about posting a URL where we can have a look at the problem?

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Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

re: TextArea width expands when typed in (IE specific)

> How about posting a URL where we can have a look at the problem?

I'll try to get an example up on the web. I can't post the URL for the
project as due to security restrictions on this web application.

re: TextArea width expands when typed in (IE specific)

Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> wrote in message news:<41768fc5$0$22605$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net>...
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> How about posting a URL where we can have a look at the problem?[/color]

Here's the URL, i grabbed the skeleton of your web app and plopped in
a div with a textarea in it. Text area has width set to 100%.

http://rightreason.net/test/textarea.htm

Your help is appreciated. Thank you.

re: TextArea width expands when typed in (IE specific)

Thirteenva wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
>>How about posting a URL where we can have a look at the problem?[/color]
>
>
> I'll try to get an example up on the web. I can't post the URL for the
> project as due to security restrictions on this web application.[/color]

Felt sure I'd responded to this first time around - the pages are
certainly in my history - but I must have been distracted before I posted :)

Anyhoo - http://fplanque.net/2003/Articles/iecsstextarea/ recommends
putting a div with a width or a fieldset around the textarea, which
should force IE to constrain it to the container.

P

re: TextArea width expands when typed in (IE specific)

On 26 Oct 2004 08:28:37 -0700, thirteenva@hotmail.com (Thirteenva)
wrote:
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> How about posting a URL where we can have a look at the problem?[/color]
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Hmm...I always thought this was a good thing! I guess it depends on
how you're using the text boxes.



Regards,


Kent Feiler
www.KentFeiler.com