Simple question about codes, please help.

[Sender]

HI folks. I was wondering. In using forms with javascript, I noticed that
you can create a new line in a multiline text box using the escape code
'\r'. Does anyone know where I could find a list of all of these such codes?

Also, is it possible to change the font or other attributes of the text in
the form boxes?

TIA
Bill

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Re: Simple question about codes, please help.

"Sender" <blah@blah.co m> writes:
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> HI folks. I was wondering. In using forms with javascript, I noticed that
> you can create a new line in a multiline text box using the escape code
> '\r'. Does anyone know where I could find a list of all of these such codes?[/color]

\r inside a Javascript string literal represents the character with
ASCII number 13 - Carrige Return. You should probably have used \n (ASCII 10,
Newline).

The list of all of the possible single-character escape sequences is
in the ECMAScript standard, section 7.8.4 (String Literals). I copied
it here:
---
Escape Sequence Code Point Value Name Symbol
\b \u0008 backspace <BS>
\t \u0009 horizontal tab <HT>
\n \u000A line feed (new line) <LF>
\v \u000B vertical tab <VT>
\f \u000C form feed <FF>
\r \u000D carriage return <CR>
\" \u0022 double quote "
\' \u0027 single quote '
\\ \u005C backslash \
---
The "Code Point" is the corresponding value of the character in the
Unicode encoding, also written as a string escale (backslash - u -
four hex digits).
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> Also, is it possible to change the font or other attributes of the text in
> the form boxes?[/color]

That is browser dependent. You can try using CSS.
<style type="text/css">
textarea {font-family: sans-serif;color:red ;}
</style>

/L
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[dlbjr]

Re: Simple question about codes, please help.

Use CSS to style the contents

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[David Dorward]

Re: Simple question about codes, please help.

dlbjr wrote:
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> Use CSS to style the contents[/color]

Since when did JavaScript triggered native dialog boxes support CSS?

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[David Dorward]

Re: Simple question about codes, please help.

David Dorward wrote:
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> dlbjr wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Use CSS to style the contents[/color]
>
> Since when did JavaScript triggered native dialog boxes support CSS?[/color]

OK, the comment actually makes sense when taken in context of the second
(unrelated to the subject) part of the original comment.

This is why its useful to _quote_ relevent material when responding on
Usenet.

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[Sender]

Re: Simple question about codes, please help.

Thanks very much

Bill

[Michael Winter]

Re: Simple question about codes, please help.

David Dorward wrote on 21 Dec 2003 at Sun, 21 Dec 2003 16:45:21 GMT:
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> dlbjr wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Use CSS to style the contents[/color]
>
> Since when did JavaScript triggered native dialog boxes support CSS?[/color]

Unless I missed something, the OP is asking about form controls, not
dialog boxes.

Mike

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