Make part of text field bold

[MonkeyMargie]

I have a 'Description' field on a page. Using GreaseMonkey, I am inserting a template to help the users enter the correct information in this field. My code, for example, looks like this:

 

thisTextarea.value = 'Version:' + '\n' +
'Type:'+ '\n' + ...

 

Now if I want to make 'Type:' bold, how can I do that? Thanks.

[Anthony Lieuallen]

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 9:03 AM, MonkeyMargie <abc...@gmail.com> wrote:

Now if I want to make 'Type:' bold, how can I do that? Thanks.

Formatting and textareas don't mix.  This has nothing to do with greasemonkey, it's just the way it is.

[Hans Henrik Bergan]

this very chat script at groups.google.com manges to add bold script,, italian script, underscores,

and even color, while writing, to something that looks Allot like a textarea.
so don't give up quite yet, it defiantly is possible (at least to emulate), somehow..

i dont know how they are doing it (tried to check element, seems im writing to a <div></div> rather than a <textarea></textarea> o.0)

best guess would be something close to:
addEventListener('keydown',function(button){ele.text+='<bold>'+button+'</bold>';}}

[mike cupcake]

On Friday, July 20, 2012 7:48:20 PM UTC+1, Hans Henrik Bergan wrote:

this very chat script at groups.google.com manges to add bold script,, italian script, underscores,

and even color, while writing, to something that looks Allot like a textarea.

it's an iFrame containing HTML,  functionally nothing like a textarea element I'm afraid.