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    Resolved [RESOLVED] length problem using <input tag

    I have this html statement:

    <input type="text" id="tb1" length="2000">

    but no matter what value i use for length the length of the input field never changes; it's always a small area and a lot of the text that needs to be displayed is truncated

    How do I make it so the length changes when i use different values.

    Is there a better tag to use instead of this one

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    Re: length problem using <input tag

    Quote Originally Posted by Code Dummy View Post
    I have this html statement:

    <input type="text" id="tb1" length="2000">

    but no matter what value i use for length the length of the input field never changes; it's always a small area and a lot of the text that needs to be displayed is truncated

    How do I make it so the length changes when i use different values.

    Is there a better tag to use instead of this one
    Are you trying to control how much screen space the control is using? If so then you really want to be looking at using CSS to handle the position and display of web content. If you are trying to restrict the amount of text then maxlength is the attribute you want, IIRC length isn't a standard attribute for an <INPUT> element.

    If you want to allow a user to enter a large amount of text then a <TEXTAREA> might be a better choice.

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    Re: length problem using <input tag

    Neither maxlength nor length works for either one

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    Re: length problem using <input tag

    Quote Originally Posted by Code Dummy View Post
    Neither maxlength nor length works for either one
    When you say the don't work, what exactly do you mean? What are you expecting them to do and what is actually happening? If you want help with a problem you need to give us something to go on, "it doesn't work" isn't enough.

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    Re: length problem using <input tag

    When in doubt, go to the documentation...
    There is a Size and a MaxLength attribute you can use.
    https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_form_attributes.asp

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    Re: length problem using <input tag

    Quote Originally Posted by PlausiblyDamp View Post
    When you say the don't work, what exactly do you mean? What are you expecting them to do and what is actually happening? If you want help with a problem you need to give us something to go on, "it doesn't work" isn't enough.
    Sorry, I thought we already established what was meant by my first post and your reply in post #2 that the field wasn't long enough and my text was getting truncated. Anyway, the problem had nothing to do with maxlength or length; it was the SIZE parameter that I needed to use

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