Hi Rick, no problem, just checking :] I posted a mock-up of what could be done. Unfortunately it is not reliable, as word-wrapping ruins the column/character count. The 'expandable' plugin seems to have found a nice way to get around that.
http://jsbin.com/ozocu/edit cheers, - ricardo , too. > > Thanks, Karl > > Rick > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Karl Swedberg > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:05 PM > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Is there a way to make a textarea that auto expands as > needed? > > If Ricardo's solution doesn't work for you, you could try Brandon Aaron's > plugin. > > http://github.com/brandonaaron/jquery-expandable/tree/master > > --Karl > > ____________ > > Karl Swedberg > > www.englishrules.com > > www.learningjquery.com > > On Feb 12, 2009, at 8:14 AM, Ricardo Tomasi wrote: > > Did you skip my previous message? > > On Feb 12, 11:02 am, "Rick Faircloth" <r...@whitestonemedia.com> > wrote: > > Ideas, anyone? > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Rick Faircloth > > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 6:56 PM > > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com > > Subject: [jQuery] Is there a way to make a textarea that auto expands as > needed? > > I'd like to figure out a way to make a textarea > > that expands with text input when necessary and shrinks, > > also, if possible...and without scrollbars. > > I've looked around, but haven't found a solution that > > does everything. > > Anyone know if that's possible with jQuery? Or how to do it? > > Rick
