Pup-up window from a form 1

[fergmj]

I have a form in HTML and I use JavaScript to access a FileMaker Pro database.

I have a textarea that contains a form field named "description"

That is an area where visitors to the website can input a description of their problem.

I set the text area to 6 rows and 80 columns so that it is quite large, however, there may be times when the someone enters information larger than 6/80. I want a way that the user who is reviewing the information already entered in the description field and click on the textarea box and a box will pop-up and auto format the size to show all of the text the original user entered in the description field...so that when the reviewer looks at the info, they don't have to use scroll bars and scroll up and down.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks

Mindy

 

[jaredn]

On the reviewer page, a simple solution:

<textarea onfocus=&quot;alert(this.innerText)&quot;>sometext</textarea> jared@eae.net -

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[fergmj]

But I would like it in a pop up box not in an alert message box.

Mindy

 

[jaredn]

<script>

function showAll(txt)
{
var spn,doc,h,w;

infowin = window.open(&quot;about:blank&quot;,&quot;winz&quot;,&quot;scrollbars&quot
doc = infowin.document;

spn = doc.createElement(&quot;SPAN&quot
spn.innerText = txt;
doc.body.appendChild(spn);
doc.body.style.margin = '0px';

h = spn.offsetHeight + 29; //hack?
w = spn.offsetWidth + 28 ; //hack?

h=h<=600?h:600; //set maxwidth
w=w<=800?w:800; //set maxlength

infowin.resizeTo(w,h) // add 12 hack
}

</script>


<textarea onfocus=&quot;showAll(this.innerText)&quot;>
well well well

this was tough and annoying, but fsdfsd

i hope it helps
</textarea> jared@eae.net -

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[fergmj]

Thank you so much!