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  1. Nov 2nd, 2004, 05:48 PM #1
    kellynoky
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    HTML or Javascript: different input text on screen?

    Hi Everyone,

    I am not sure there is a simple solution here, but what I am trying to do is emphasis a certain word from the users' input. For instance,

    When I type "Standy and Kirk", it would appear as
    Standy and Kirk on the input textbox.
    Yet, I don't want the value of the input tag become "Standy <b><i>and</i></b> Kirk "

    Can anyone help me here? Thank you!

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  2. Nov 3rd, 2004, 08:24 AM #2
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    I'm sorry but I don't think that inputs support HTML, it's just plain text.
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    I'm not quite sure I understand what you want to do. Do you have a <textarea> and as the user types you want some words to become bold?
    Or are you submitting text from a <textarea> and then, when the text shows up on the page (after beeing submited) you want some words to be bold?
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    I think he has a search input and wants to highlight keywords.

    I'm afraid that's not possible with a normal input. Which means that there's no portable solution.
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