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[Da_elf]

does anyone know why when i set a col width on a textarea im getting different results in different browsers? when ive got a css setting the size of the font for the text area but in one browser when i type 1234567890123...etc till 30 and had the col set to 30 it fits. in other browsers it only stops at 25 then word wraps and in another browser it goes to 27 before the wrap happens... why.. why.. why grrr. even though i hate safari its the only one that seems to work




crap. never mind. i didnt know i could use width: 100% in css for the textarea

[jujubee]

Are you coding strictly by hand or do you use DW for reference?

The only time I ever really have problem with layout is IE 7... It tends to do funny things with fonts and spacing.

[plastic_]

try setting the width of the "textarea" tag in pixel or percent with css, instead of using the "cols" property.

[Da_elf]

yeah, thats what i ended up doing. im coding by hand mainly. sometimes i use dreamweaver. had to check up online for the different properties i could use in the css for textareas.

[Da_elf]

ok this is actually php code
using functions im trying to use this

function directory_table($theselection, $needed){
$Sorted=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['Sortbylist']);
if ($Sorted == $theselection){
?>
  <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="192">
  <tr>
	<td align="center">First Name</td>
	<td align="center">Last Name</td>
	<td align="center">Age</td>
	<td></td>
	</tr>
	<?php	
$sqluser = "SELECT * FROM User Where Accepted='1' AND UserFirstName!='' ORDER BY $needed ";
$queryuser = mysql_query($sqluser, $dbConn);
while ($spu = mysql_fetch_array($queryuser, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
	?>
	<tr>
	<td align="center"><?=$spu['UserFirstName']?></td>
	<td align="center"><?=$spu['UserSurname']?></td>
	<td align="center"><?=$spu['UserAge']?></td>
	<td><a href="directory_more.php?id=<?=$spu['UserId']?>" target="D Content">VIEW</a></td>
	</tr>
<?php } ?>
	</table> <?php }
	}

then using

 directory_table("firstname", "FirstName");

im getting an invalid query and invalist fetch and i dont know why. in theory it should work
all i want is when you choose (for example) First Name from a dropdown list i want the function to search the MySQL database for people and sort by their FirstName

[Da_elf]

never mind. once again after banging my head on the table for a long time i realised my problem was i needed to either get rid of my $dbConn or pass the variable into the function

[glyph]

the reason the textarea widths are different is because browsers calculate their size, and that of text inputs, based on character widths

and each browser uses different font metrics, so even though you've chosen the same font and it's there on the machine, Safari thinks it knows better

the only all round fix is to use monospace fonts for text input : Courier/Lucida

[Da_elf]

yeah, that first one was figured out. so was the second one. now im trying to pimp google to try to find a solution to javascript. im not that good with it.

i know with php functions i can put some variables in () and pass them into the function so that when im using the function i just fill in the () with what i need. i would love to do the same with javascript since im changing from using a meta reload which safari doesnt like (stupid safari). now im using an onload newLocation() with javascript however id love to be able to be able to put a variable there so i can reuse that javascript.

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
function Myloader() {
  setTimeout ( "Pageload()", 2000 );
}
function Pageload() {
  window.open("location.html?id=something","target");
  return false;  
  }
</script>

thats the code im using and i still cant figure it out

[glyph]

could you use a php redirect?
only problem is they need to be triggered before *anything* is written to page

otherwise you can pass a variable to js

function thisisreallyaboutvray(myvar){...}

and in the function use myvar without quotes ..

on the other hand I'd probably do it in Flash

[Da_elf]

this isnt working at all.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function Myloader(page) {
  setTimeout ( "Pageload(page)", 2000 );
}
function Pageload(page){
  window.open(page,"_blank");
  return false;  
  }
</script>
</head>
<body>

<form>
<input type="button" onclick="Myloader('elfpro3d.html')" value="Call function">
</form>

</body>
</html>

[glyph]

sorry cant see anything else wrong though it doesnt look right somehow

try to debug with this sort of thing to see if vaiables are being passed as you expect:
alert ("page is"+page);

[Da_elf]

I've tried various combination. the major problem is trying to pass the variable page from the first function Myloader into the second function Pageload.