Scrolling textarea on page load

SlykFX · Sep 9, 2003

i beleive this is the corect forum for this but im not sure (i do very little JavaScript, when i cant avoid it)

the short question is:
how do i automatically scroll to the bottom of a textarea element when the page loads?

i believe i need to use "scrollIntoView(false)", but im not sure on how or where to use it.

can someone please advise me thanks

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SlykFX · Sep 9, 2003

no worries, ive got it sorted now

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theEclipse · Sep 9, 2003

Might I ask how you did it??

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SlykFX · Sep 9, 2003

For IE:

Code:

<html>
<head>
<script language=&quot;JavaScript&quot;>
	function scrollTextarea(){
		the_text = document.myForm.myTextarea.createTextRange();
		the_text.scrollIntoView(false);
	}
</script>
</head>
<body onLoad=&quot;scrollTextarea()&quot;>
	<form name=myForm>
		<textarea name=myTextarea cols=25 rows=7><%=results%>
	</form>
</body>
</html>

that doesnt seem to work on NN, so im still reading for a solution

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theEclipse · Sep 9, 2003

okay...I was thinking you found a crossbrowser soloution....

"Why is it always the quiet ones?"

Robert Carpenter
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linkemapx@hotmail.com
AIM & MSN: robacarp

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