Is it possible to have several different textcolors in one textarea?
I'd like several words / phases in a textarea to appear in different colors... How would I go about doing this? Below is an example, I'd like the word green to appear green etc etc...
<textarea style="width: 100%; height: 100%; resize: none;">
Is it possible to have multiple colors in a textarea?
How would i set certain phases or words to be different colors?
"Green"
"Red"
"Blue"
</textarea>
html css
edited Feb 1 '14 at 13:14
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asked Aug 8 '10 at 16:47
DavidDavid
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I'd like several words / phases in a textarea to appear in different colors... How would I go about doing this? Below is an example, I'd like the word green to appear green etc etc...
<textarea style="width: 100%; height: 100%; resize: none;">
Is it possible to have multiple colors in a textarea?
How would i set certain phases or words to be different colors?
"Green"
"Red"
"Blue"
</textarea>
html css
edited Feb 1 '14 at 13:14
Benjamin
15.9k28120230
asked Aug 8 '10 at 16:47
DavidDavid
4,756123545
add a comment |
I'd like several words / phases in a textarea to appear in different colors... How would I go about doing this? Below is an example, I'd like the word green to appear green etc etc...
<textarea style="width: 100%; height: 100%; resize: none;">
Is it possible to have multiple colors in a textarea?
How would i set certain phases or words to be different colors?
"Green"
"Red"
"Blue"
</textarea>
html css
edited Feb 1 '14 at 13:14
Benjamin
15.9k28120230
asked Aug 8 '10 at 16:47
DavidDavid
4,756123545
I'd like several words / phases in a textarea to appear in different colors... How would I go about doing this? Below is an example, I'd like the word green to appear green etc etc...
<textarea style="width: 100%; height: 100%; resize: none;">
Is it possible to have multiple colors in a textarea?
How would i set certain phases or words to be different colors?
"Green"
"Red"
"Blue"
</textarea>
html css
html css
edited Feb 1 '14 at 13:14
Benjamin
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asked Aug 8 '10 at 16:47
DavidDavid
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edited Feb 1 '14 at 13:14
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edited Feb 1 '14 at 13:14
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You can't do this inside a <textarea>, not one that's editable. It sounds like you're after a WYSIWYG editor, most of which use a <iframe> to do this.
There are several JavaScript options for this, to name a few:
- TinyMCE
- CKEditor
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:51
Nick Craver♦Nick Craver
530k11511921098
Sure you can! in-fact what you call a "rich text-box" editor is an editable div, highlighted using CSS or inline-styling (all of WordPress plugins, MCE and editors work this way. See answer below.
– user257319
Nov 7 '15 at 21:40
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I don't think its possible to do that with a textarea and html alone. What you need is a Rich Text box
You can either roll your own or use the popular ones available
Other option you can have when you target html5 enabled browsers is the contentEditable attribute. You can use it to make a textbox-like control
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:53
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You cannot do this with a textarea or input tag. However, as @naikus mentioned, you can use the contenteditable attribute. It is as follows:
<div id="mytxt" contenteditable="true">
Hello, my name is <span style="color: blue;">Bob</span>
and I have a friend name <span style="color: green;">Joe</span>.
</div>
<div id="mytxt" contenteditable="true">
Hello, my name is <span style="color: blue;">Bob</span> and I have a friend name <span style="color: green;">Joe</span>.
</div>answered Nov 30 '16 at 21:15
IamGuestIamGuest
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This is not possible in a normal textarea.
For syntax highlighting-like approaches, see the answers to this question.
For a more complicated, full-fledged WYSIWYG solution that can do colours as well as other formatting, images, etc., see a WYSIWYG editor like CKEditor.
edited May 23 '17 at 12:02
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answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:51
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You can't do this with default html controls. You can use Rich Text Box editors to get what you want, for example check this question:
What is the best rich textarea editor for jQuery?
edited May 23 '17 at 12:25
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answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:52
Pavel MorshenyukPavel Morshenyuk
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That's not possible with current w3c specs. If you're looking for a workaround, check codemirror or editArea for their workarounds for syntax highlighting.
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:54
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hmm someone downvoted, wonder why. I don't care about the 2 fake internet points gone from my profile, but would like to know the reason. anyone?
– Sinan
Nov 9 '15 at 0:01
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You can't do this inside a <textarea>, not one that's editable. It sounds like you're after a WYSIWYG editor, most of which use a <iframe> to do this.
There are several JavaScript options for this, to name a few:
- TinyMCE
- CKEditor
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:51
Nick Craver♦Nick Craver
530k11511921098
Sure you can! in-fact what you call a "rich text-box" editor is an editable div, highlighted using CSS or inline-styling (all of WordPress plugins, MCE and editors work this way. See answer below.
– user257319
Nov 7 '15 at 21:40
add a comment |
You can't do this inside a <textarea>, not one that's editable. It sounds like you're after a WYSIWYG editor, most of which use a <iframe> to do this.
There are several JavaScript options for this, to name a few:
- TinyMCE
- CKEditor
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:51
Nick Craver♦Nick Craver
530k11511921098
Sure you can! in-fact what you call a "rich text-box" editor is an editable div, highlighted using CSS or inline-styling (all of WordPress plugins, MCE and editors work this way. See answer below.
– user257319
Nov 7 '15 at 21:40
add a comment |
You can't do this inside a <textarea>, not one that's editable. It sounds like you're after a WYSIWYG editor, most of which use a <iframe> to do this.
There are several JavaScript options for this, to name a few:
- TinyMCE
- CKEditor
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:51
Nick Craver♦Nick Craver
530k11511921098
You can't do this inside a <textarea>, not one that's editable. It sounds like you're after a WYSIWYG editor, most of which use a <iframe> to do this.
There are several JavaScript options for this, to name a few:
- TinyMCE
- CKEditor
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:51
Nick Craver♦Nick Craver
530k11511921098
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:51
Nick Craver♦Nick Craver
530k11511921098
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:51
Nick Craver♦Nick Craver
530k11511921098
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:51
Nick Craver♦Nick Craver
530k11511921098
530k11511921098
Sure you can! in-fact what you call a "rich text-box" editor is an editable div, highlighted using CSS or inline-styling (all of WordPress plugins, MCE and editors work this way. See answer below.
– user257319
Nov 7 '15 at 21:40
add a comment |
Sure you can! in-fact what you call a "rich text-box" editor is an editable div, highlighted using CSS or inline-styling (all of WordPress plugins, MCE and editors work this way. See answer below.
– user257319
Nov 7 '15 at 21:40
Sure you can! in-fact what you call a "rich text-box" editor is an editable div, highlighted using CSS or inline-styling (all of WordPress plugins, MCE and editors work this way. See answer below.
– user257319
Nov 7 '15 at 21:40
Sure you can! in-fact what you call a "rich text-box" editor is an editable div, highlighted using CSS or inline-styling (all of WordPress plugins, MCE and editors work this way. See answer below.
– user257319
Nov 7 '15 at 21:40
add a comment |
I don't think its possible to do that with a textarea and html alone. What you need is a Rich Text box
You can either roll your own or use the popular ones available
Other option you can have when you target html5 enabled browsers is the contentEditable attribute. You can use it to make a textbox-like control
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:53
naikusnaikus
21.3k43443
add a comment |
I don't think its possible to do that with a textarea and html alone. What you need is a Rich Text box
You can either roll your own or use the popular ones available
Other option you can have when you target html5 enabled browsers is the contentEditable attribute. You can use it to make a textbox-like control
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:53
naikusnaikus
21.3k43443
add a comment |
I don't think its possible to do that with a textarea and html alone. What you need is a Rich Text box
You can either roll your own or use the popular ones available
Other option you can have when you target html5 enabled browsers is the contentEditable attribute. You can use it to make a textbox-like control
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:53
naikusnaikus
21.3k43443
I don't think its possible to do that with a textarea and html alone. What you need is a Rich Text box
You can either roll your own or use the popular ones available
Other option you can have when you target html5 enabled browsers is the contentEditable attribute. You can use it to make a textbox-like control
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:53
naikusnaikus
21.3k43443
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:53
naikusnaikus
21.3k43443
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:53
naikusnaikus
21.3k43443
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:53
naikusnaikus
21.3k43443
21.3k43443
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add a comment |
You cannot do this with a textarea or input tag. However, as @naikus mentioned, you can use the contenteditable attribute. It is as follows:
<div id="mytxt" contenteditable="true">
Hello, my name is <span style="color: blue;">Bob</span>
and I have a friend name <span style="color: green;">Joe</span>.
</div>
<div id="mytxt" contenteditable="true">
Hello, my name is <span style="color: blue;">Bob</span> and I have a friend name <span style="color: green;">Joe</span>.
</div>answered Nov 30 '16 at 21:15
IamGuestIamGuest
417314
add a comment |
You cannot do this with a textarea or input tag. However, as @naikus mentioned, you can use the contenteditable attribute. It is as follows:
<div id="mytxt" contenteditable="true">
Hello, my name is <span style="color: blue;">Bob</span>
and I have a friend name <span style="color: green;">Joe</span>.
</div>
<div id="mytxt" contenteditable="true">
Hello, my name is <span style="color: blue;">Bob</span> and I have a friend name <span style="color: green;">Joe</span>.
</div>answered Nov 30 '16 at 21:15
IamGuestIamGuest
417314
add a comment |
You cannot do this with a textarea or input tag. However, as @naikus mentioned, you can use the contenteditable attribute. It is as follows:
<div id="mytxt" contenteditable="true">
Hello, my name is <span style="color: blue;">Bob</span>
and I have a friend name <span style="color: green;">Joe</span>.
</div>
<div id="mytxt" contenteditable="true">
Hello, my name is <span style="color: blue;">Bob</span> and I have a friend name <span style="color: green;">Joe</span>.
</div>answered Nov 30 '16 at 21:15
IamGuestIamGuest
417314
You cannot do this with a textarea or input tag. However, as @naikus mentioned, you can use the contenteditable attribute. It is as follows:
<div id="mytxt" contenteditable="true">
Hello, my name is <span style="color: blue;">Bob</span>
and I have a friend name <span style="color: green;">Joe</span>.
</div>
<div id="mytxt" contenteditable="true">
Hello, my name is <span style="color: blue;">Bob</span> and I have a friend name <span style="color: green;">Joe</span>.
</div><div id="mytxt" contenteditable="true">
Hello, my name is <span style="color: blue;">Bob</span> and I have a friend name <span style="color: green;">Joe</span>.
</div><div id="mytxt" contenteditable="true">
Hello, my name is <span style="color: blue;">Bob</span> and I have a friend name <span style="color: green;">Joe</span>.
</div>answered Nov 30 '16 at 21:15
IamGuestIamGuest
417314
answered Nov 30 '16 at 21:15
IamGuestIamGuest
417314
answered Nov 30 '16 at 21:15
IamGuestIamGuest
417314
answered Nov 30 '16 at 21:15
IamGuestIamGuest
417314
417314
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This is not possible in a normal textarea.
For syntax highlighting-like approaches, see the answers to this question.
For a more complicated, full-fledged WYSIWYG solution that can do colours as well as other formatting, images, etc., see a WYSIWYG editor like CKEditor.
edited May 23 '17 at 12:02
Community♦
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answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:51
Pekka 웃Pekka 웃
355k1168401012
add a comment |
This is not possible in a normal textarea.
For syntax highlighting-like approaches, see the answers to this question.
For a more complicated, full-fledged WYSIWYG solution that can do colours as well as other formatting, images, etc., see a WYSIWYG editor like CKEditor.
edited May 23 '17 at 12:02
Community♦
11
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:51
Pekka 웃Pekka 웃
355k1168401012
add a comment |
This is not possible in a normal textarea.
For syntax highlighting-like approaches, see the answers to this question.
For a more complicated, full-fledged WYSIWYG solution that can do colours as well as other formatting, images, etc., see a WYSIWYG editor like CKEditor.
edited May 23 '17 at 12:02
Community♦
11
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:51
Pekka 웃Pekka 웃
355k1168401012
This is not possible in a normal textarea.
For syntax highlighting-like approaches, see the answers to this question.
For a more complicated, full-fledged WYSIWYG solution that can do colours as well as other formatting, images, etc., see a WYSIWYG editor like CKEditor.
edited May 23 '17 at 12:02
Community♦
11
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:51
Pekka 웃Pekka 웃
355k1168401012
edited May 23 '17 at 12:02
Community♦
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edited May 23 '17 at 12:02
Community♦
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edited May 23 '17 at 12:02
Community♦
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11
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:51
Pekka 웃Pekka 웃
355k1168401012
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:51
Pekka 웃Pekka 웃
355k1168401012
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:51
Pekka 웃Pekka 웃
355k1168401012
355k1168401012
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add a comment |
You can't do this with default html controls. You can use Rich Text Box editors to get what you want, for example check this question:
What is the best rich textarea editor for jQuery?
edited May 23 '17 at 12:25
Community♦
11
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:52
Pavel MorshenyukPavel Morshenyuk
8,13842735
add a comment |
You can't do this with default html controls. You can use Rich Text Box editors to get what you want, for example check this question:
What is the best rich textarea editor for jQuery?
edited May 23 '17 at 12:25
Community♦
11
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:52
Pavel MorshenyukPavel Morshenyuk
8,13842735
add a comment |
You can't do this with default html controls. You can use Rich Text Box editors to get what you want, for example check this question:
What is the best rich textarea editor for jQuery?
edited May 23 '17 at 12:25
Community♦
11
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:52
Pavel MorshenyukPavel Morshenyuk
8,13842735
You can't do this with default html controls. You can use Rich Text Box editors to get what you want, for example check this question:
What is the best rich textarea editor for jQuery?
edited May 23 '17 at 12:25
Community♦
11
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:52
Pavel MorshenyukPavel Morshenyuk
8,13842735
edited May 23 '17 at 12:25
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That's not possible with current w3c specs. If you're looking for a workaround, check codemirror or editArea for their workarounds for syntax highlighting.
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:54
SinanSinan
6,85563146
hmm someone downvoted, wonder why. I don't care about the 2 fake internet points gone from my profile, but would like to know the reason. anyone?
– Sinan
Nov 9 '15 at 0:01
add a comment |
That's not possible with current w3c specs. If you're looking for a workaround, check codemirror or editArea for their workarounds for syntax highlighting.
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:54
SinanSinan
6,85563146
hmm someone downvoted, wonder why. I don't care about the 2 fake internet points gone from my profile, but would like to know the reason. anyone?
– Sinan
Nov 9 '15 at 0:01
add a comment |
That's not possible with current w3c specs. If you're looking for a workaround, check codemirror or editArea for their workarounds for syntax highlighting.
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:54
SinanSinan
6,85563146
That's not possible with current w3c specs. If you're looking for a workaround, check codemirror or editArea for their workarounds for syntax highlighting.
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:54
SinanSinan
6,85563146
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:54
SinanSinan
6,85563146
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:54
SinanSinan
6,85563146
answered Aug 8 '10 at 16:54
SinanSinan
6,85563146
6,85563146
hmm someone downvoted, wonder why. I don't care about the 2 fake internet points gone from my profile, but would like to know the reason. anyone?
– Sinan
Nov 9 '15 at 0:01
add a comment |
hmm someone downvoted, wonder why. I don't care about the 2 fake internet points gone from my profile, but would like to know the reason. anyone?
– Sinan
Nov 9 '15 at 0:01
hmm someone downvoted, wonder why. I don't care about the 2 fake internet points gone from my profile, but would like to know the reason. anyone?
– Sinan
Nov 9 '15 at 0:01
hmm someone downvoted, wonder why. I don't care about the 2 fake internet points gone from my profile, but would like to know the reason. anyone?
– Sinan
Nov 9 '15 at 0:01
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