Hi

Is itpossible to pick up all user input within a textarea including the carriage returns?

By example, i have a text area where the user is entering the address of a client.

I wish onBlur to write that information to another location on page including the carriage returned they have entered.

At current i am using a function to collect the value and write::

function setField(where, entered) {
	var update=document.getElementById(entered).value;
	document.getElementById(newpos).innerHTML=update;
}

However, this process doesnt include the carriage returns and just renders one string.

if this is possible any pointers would be appreciated.

cheers

Steve

replace the carriage returns with "<br>"

update.replace('/n','<br>');

Thats what i did originally as below and it replaced the first one but not the following
ie input

line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4

result of js function =

line 1
line 2 line 3 line 4

function setField(where, entered) {	
     
	var update=document.getElementById(entered).value;
	
	var newUpdate = update.replace("\n", "<br/>");
	
	if (update.length>0) {
	document.getElementById(where).innerHTML=newUpdate;
	}
}

/n not \n

and add the global parameter to the regex

update.replace(/n/gi,'<br>');

im obviously getting this wrong somewhere

So my js script will be

update.replace("/n/gi", "<br/>");

but this doesnt work at all?

Cheers for your help by the way

as it is all in special characters remove the quotes as in post #4