Uneditable scroll box

[Anon]

Hello All,

I am developing a page which retrieves data from a Database and displays it using a table. But the problem is... When i retrieve data from database all the columns except one are a single line. The last one column is some 50-100 lines. When i am displaying this using a table the display a little bit awkward. Is there a way so that i can have a scroll box that is uneditable?

Please Help.

Thanks,
Jak

[balsdorf]

Use this:
<textarea cols="40" rows="3" name="blah" READONLY>
$content
</textarea>

Adjust the cols and rows as needed but the READONLY attribute will make it uneditable

[andrin]

FYI only:

Maybe I am being pedantic :-) but you actually should write:

<textarea cols="40" rows="3" name="blah" readonly="readonly">
$content
</textarea>

Empty attributes are not allowed by the HTML and XHTML recommendations.
Bryan´s code will work but that´s because browsers being forgiving. Next browser maybe will follow the HTML and/or XHTML recommendations and you will then get an error. NOTE! Some browsers do not recognize the readonly-attribute hence making editing fully possible.