Is it possible to limit text input in a field based upon its height?

Sarah Reichelt sarah.reichelt at gmail.com
Sat Sep 16 18:10:04 EDT 2006


On 9/17/06, William de Smet <wdesmet at wanadoo.nl> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I made a field which is 500(width) x 530(height) pixels and now I am
> looking for a way to limit the text input in this field based upon the
> height of the field.
> I dont want more text than the height of the field.
>

If you set the autoTab of a field to true, when the user gets to the
last line and presses Return or Enter, it will be as if they pressed
Tab to go to the next field. They won't be able to enter more lines
than are visible.

Cheers,
Sarah



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