Re: lynx-dev Problem with textareas

[Al Gilman]

Good point.

Larry Virden recently wrote a good summary of limitations.  I
think that there is "long-time" or "old-time" in the subject line
if you want to find it now in

http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/

I O U

a link to it from VFAQ.  [slo mode i.e. by 15 Aug, sorry...]

Al

to follow up on what Craig Schenk said:
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> Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 18:05:34 -0400 (EDT)
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> From: Craig Schenk <address@hidden>
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> Subject: lynx-dev Problem with textareas
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> If I go to a web page with a <FORM> that contains a <TEXTAREA> of say, 15 
> lines,
> once I get to the 15th line, I cant enter anymore text. Using netscape on the
> same page, after I hit enter at the end of the 15th line, I get a 16th line 
> and
> the 1st line scrolls up. How do I get this behaviour in Lynx? Is this the 
> fault
> of Lynx, or bad HTML at the other end? I've been trying to use Lynx to post 
> to a
> www-based message board, and its somewhat annoying behaviour since it prevents
> me from being able to post full length messages. Didn't see anything about 
> this
> in the FAQs or users guide.
> 
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