TextArea width expands when typed in (IE specific)

Thirteenva

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.

Jul 21 '05 #1

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Els

Thirteenva wrote:

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.

url?

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Jul 21 '05 #2

Martin Honnen

Thirteenva wrote:

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.

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

--

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

Jul 21 '05 #3

Thirteenva

> 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.

Jul 21 '05 #4

Thirteenva

Martin Honnen <ma*******@yahoo.de> wrote in message news:<41***********************@newsread4.arcor-online.net>...

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

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.

Jul 21 '05 #5

Phil Evans

Thirteenva wrote:

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.

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

Jul 21 '05 #6

Kent Feiler

On 26 Oct 2004 08:28:37 -0700, th********@hotmail.com (Thirteenva)
wrote:

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

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Jul 21 '05 #7

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