javascript problem

[cyuno]

The following code works in a textarea box Firefox but not IE8:

<script language="javascript">
function repp()
{
var ss = document.getElementById('text').value;
ss = ss.replace(/(\r\n)|(\n)/g,"<br />");
document.getElementById('text').value = ss;
}
</script>
 
 

In IE, when you hit enter, there are no carriage returns and the text line does not break.

Thanks in advance for your help

[Oralloy]

You might have to use Alt-Enter to make microsloth's software do your bidding.

Also, the pattern might want to be:

ss = ss.replace(/(\r\n)|(\n)|(\r)/g, "<br />"); 

Cheers!

Cheers!

[cyuno]

I made the change but IE still refuses to recognize hitting enter for carriage return in the textarea. Also hitting alt enter gives me a full screen view without the browser (I'm on windows xp)

Thanks for the quick response!

Regards,
cyuno

[Oralloy]

@cyuno,

There may be some options you can set on the textarea that allow it to capture carriage returns (CR) transparently.

I'm not sure why you're having problems. I use XP and I.E. 8 with few problems. I do know, from programming windows with C++, that text boxes can be set up to be CR sensitive or not. Perhaps that's your issue?

[cyuno]

Yes. I have a div which is separate from the textarea box which reflects what is being typed in the textarea box. In Firefox, the div exactly captures what is in the textarea box including CRs. This is not the case with IE.