css and textarea

[Zaghloul]

hey all, Quick question, been trying for awhile with no luck. Is it possible to have different css properties for a textarea. An example would be having one word in bold and another in the color red, in the same textarea. I've tried numerous different methods with no luck. Normally this could be solved with having "<p>", however because this is in a textarea it simply shows "<p>" and doesn't except it as actual coding. Any help in this matter would be greatly appriated.Thank you in advance,Zaghloul

[vchris]

use iframes instead.

[Zaghloul]

hey, thanks for your reply. Can you go into a little further detail. I'm talking about a textarea, which you can edit. How can a Iframe help with that? Thanks again,Zagloul

[vchris]

Check this out: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_iframe.aspIf you're using your textarea in a form then you shouldn't use an iframe since the info contained in it will not be submitted. You can do anything you want in an iframe (<P>, <br>, <a>...).

[Zaghloul]

Thanks for your patients, i tried using the iframe, and the textarea being a child. However the same problem occurs. Example: "<b>test<b>" displays as "<b>test</b>" and not "test", within the textarea...thanks again,Zaghloul

[vchris]

You won't be able to do <b>best</b> in a text area no matter what. You can do it in an iframe but not in a text area in an iframe, it's still in a text area.

[Zaghloul]

ok, thanks alot vchris.take care,Zaghloul