For validating, you'll want to look at the text property. The escape characters should only show up in the htmlText property. I suspect that if you press the down arrow key and then the backspace, the carriage return would be removed.
-TH --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, rviswanathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks Tim. I agree that these are escape chars. But when I do a backspace, > do I not nullify the effect of the carriage return? Why would it still hold > a \r? > > If I am validating the content of this textarea, then do I have to look for > a \r in the end and strip it if it exists? > > Thanks > Ram > > > > Tim Hoff wrote: > > > > > > Those are the escape characters for the carraige return Ram. > > > > -TH > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, rviswanathan v_ramakrishnan@ > > wrote: > >> > >> > >> Hi All > >> > >> I have a textarea where I enter some information and submit. These are > > the > >> following steps > >> > >> 1. Run the attached swf > >> 2. In the textarea, clear the contents and enter some text, say > > "Sample > >> Text" (Do not move out of the textarea until completing the next 2 > > steps) > >> 3. Press the carriage return > >> 4. Now press backspace -> We would now end up with exactly the same > > text as > >> in Step2 "Sample Text" > >> 5. Click the submit button - When I debug, I notice that the actual > > text > >> that the textarea holds is "Sample Text\r" instead of "Sample Text". > >> > >> I am not sure why "\r" gets added in this case. Is this an issue with > >> textarea? Or is my understanding incorrect? > >> > >> I have attached the source code as well. Please help. > >> > >> Thanks > >> Ram > >> > >> http://www.nabble.com/file/p19761965/TextAreaIssue.mxml > > TextAreaIssue.mxml > >> http://www.nabble.com/file/p19761965/TextAreaIssue.swf > > TextAreaIssue.swf > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > > http://www.nabble.com/TextArea-Issue---adds-an-extra-%22%5Cr%22-tp197619\ \ > > 65p19761965.html > >> Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/TextArea-Issue---adds-an-extra-%22%5Cr%22-tp197619\ 65p19763919.html > Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
