Thanks for the tip, Ricardo! Do you, by any chance, know the HTML involved in using Brandon's plugin? I couldn't find any usage examples to see how the syntax should be handled.
Or the JS to be written in the page? All I could get from the github site was the plugin code. Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Ricardo Tomasi > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 12:02 AM > To: jQuery (English) > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Is there a way to make a textarea that auto expands as > needed? > > > 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