darkhalf,
1. This sample will work for windows encode and not in mac/unix encodes. If you want for that machines also do let me know.
2. This sample would convert the enter key at a stretch to break tags on click of a button. Instead if you want it to realtime, then use the Second Code snippet. (Note this sample will work for IE alone. For netscape you need use event.which in the function)
****FIRST Code snippet starts here ****
<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
function ConvertCarriageReturns(textarea, strReplace)
{
textarea.value = escape(textarea.value)
for(i=0;i<textarea.value.length;i++)
{
if(textarea.value.indexOf("%0D%0A") > -1 )
{
textarea.value = textarea.value.replace("%0D%0A",strReplace)
}
}
textarea.value = unescape(textarea.value)
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="frmTest">
<textarea rows="7" cols="50" id="txtArea"></textarea>
<input type="button" onclick="ConvertCarriageReturns(this.frmTest.txtAr ea,'<br>')" value="Button">
</form>
</body>
</html>
****FIRST Code snippet ends here ****
RealTime Conversion:
****SECOND Code snippet starts here ****
<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
function RealTimeConvertion(e, textArea)
{
var keyCode
e = event
keyCode = e.keyCode
if(keyCode == 13)
{
textArea.value +="<br>"
return true
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="frmTest">
<textarea rows="7" cols="50" id="txtArea" onKeyPress="RealTimeConvertion(event,this)"></textarea></form>
</body>
</html>
****SECOND Code snippet ends here ****
Hope this helps!
Best Regards
Vadivel
MVP ASP/ASP.NET
http://vadivel.thinkingms.com
Checking for a Carriage return
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