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Feb 04.2005

I want to create a text box on my site where a visitor can type in text.But he should be able to see the text in another box on the site as he is typing (at the same time).Something like a online text editor ,but which does not require the pages to be uploaded.

Can anyone help??

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@NogDogFeb 04.2005 — Not with PHP: it's only processed on the server side, not at the client side (browser). You'd probably have to do something in a Java applet or such.
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@ilyaFeb 04.2005 — maybe flash?
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@NogDogFeb 04.2005 — [i]Originally posted by ilya [/i]

[B]maybe flash? [/B][/QUOTE]
Might qualify as "such." ? (I don't know much about Flash's capabilities.)
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@PSLohFeb 04.2005 — I am not sure what you want, but this should work...

<input type=text name=txtbox onkeyup="txtinput();">

<div id="divinput"></div>

<script language="javascript">

function txtinput(){

divinput.innerHTML="<b>"+ txtbox.value +"</b>";

}

</script>

PSLoh
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@ashokvasauthorFeb 04.2005 — Dear Mr PSLoh,

Thanks for your tip.What I want is that as my visitor is typing in the text box,the same text should appear at the same time(in a font type which can be selected by the user) in another section of the page,just to give the visitor a preview of what he has typed in.I hope I have been able to explain what I want.

Reg the solution given by you,how do you display the text on the screen?Can you give me more details?
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@ashokvasauthorFeb 04.2005 — Dear PSLoh,

Thanks.It worked fine.

But now I made this script and textbox a part of a form and added the form tags,action attribute and submit button.

Now the script does not work.

What needs to be done??
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@cyber1Feb 04.2005 — ashokvas-

I have a similar example but I used a 2 frame frameset.

In the top frame is your edit frame.

The bottom frame displays the text as you type.

Additionally you would need a select list with fonts that can be selected.

If you want to mix font sizes and colors it gets really complicated but can be done.

-Bill
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@PSLohFeb 07.2005 — Hi, perhaps u would like to post your script?...if it is convenient...
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@cyber1Feb 07.2005 — Attached is a small example that I ripped out of one of my Perl scripts and converted to PHP.

Rename with a .php extension and call from the browser.

-Bill

[upl-file uuid=15b9a1dc-eaf7-4516-8ea6-af6110d96aa0 size=2kB]frames_2editor.txt[/upl-file]
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