document.writeln only one line

[dogfish227]

when i use document.writeln(text) the string in text (in this case paragraphs of info) are only displayed on one line

i need to know away so that like in html the text that will not fit in the window is rolled over to the next line

thanks

[Rick Bull]

If I understand you it should do that, it sounds like you've put it into a <pre> element or something. Try this for example:

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
document.open();
document.writeln('<p>This is some long paragraph text, that should enable you to break down a line <\/p>');
document.close();
//--></script>

[dogfish227]

i havent put in any kind a pre element im trying to use documentiwriteln to print a varable that holds text on mutiple line like this (but this doesnt work):

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
var text = "blablablaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
document.open();
document.writeln('<p>' + text + '<\/p>');
document.close();
//--></script>

[Rick Bull]

Works for me Can up put the page up on the internet so we can take a look?

[techgnome]

Originally posted by dogfish227
i havent put in any kind a pre element im trying to use documentiwriteln to print a varable that holds text on mutiple line like this (but this doesnt work):

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
var text = "blablablaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
document.open();
document.writeln('<p>' + text + '<\/p>');
document.close();
//--></script>

Are you saying that you want the <P> on one line, the text on another line, and the </P> on yet another line?

[dogfish227]

i uploaded it

http://nategames00.tripod.com/example.html

[Rick Bull]

OH I see what you mean. Well I think that's just HTML, if there's no where to break it won't break. There are a few solutions. You can either use characters like - or a space or something like that to wrap at those points. Or you can use a soft hypen, that says to the browser "if you need to you can wrap here, but put a hypen there if you do". You can use the ­ entity where you think the text should wrap:

var text = "bla­bla­blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­bla­bla­blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­bla­bla­blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";

But that's a limitation of HTML (as far as I know) I'm afraid. There may be a fix in CSS, but I'm not sure.

[dogfish227]

the ­ work fine ill just make a simple program that takes the paragraph and puts those where the spaces are so i want have to tyoe it out a hundred times

thanks for your hepl