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Can this be done?

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:35 am
by illmapu
Hi,

I have text(field) that I would like to have certain text be hi-lited, does anyone know if this can be done?

Thanks in advance! :lol:

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:58 am
by Nay
do you mean highlighted?

-Nay

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 5:55 am
by Jean-Yves
I assume that you mean a form field, ie <input type='text' etc...

If you create a stylesheet class (eg myclass1) with the required colour, you can then say, for example (red text):

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&lt;style&gt;
 .myclass1&#123;color:#ff0000;&#125;
&lt;/style&gt;

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$option = 1; //change this to use another class, eg green, blue, etc, etc...
echo "<input type='text' name='text1' id='text1' class='myclass$option' />\n";
This would make the text colour (and other attributes, font etc) be what you want. Works on other objects too, such as buttons, <select> tags, etc..

As far as I know however, it is not possible to have just one part of the text highlighted. You'd probably need a java applet or activeX control for that, but that's outside of my experience.