How do I limit the height of a textarea when it is not in display mode and then add a scroll bar

kkuti

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allan

How do I limit the height of a textarea when it is not in display mode and then add a scroll bar

I don't know what you mean by a textarea that is not in display mode I'm afraid. Can you link to a test case showing the issue please?

Allan

kkuti

Thanx for your reply Allan, my bad. I actually meant to write when it is in display mode.
To limit the textarea in edit mode is quite straight forward as I followed an earlier post of your's, it when been viewed I would like to limit the height and have scroll bars. Please see attached image. rather than have the field take up the whole page, would like to limit the height and activate scroll bars.It is the Update Content field I am referring to pls... .Thanx

kthorngren

Not sure if this is the best way but you could place that column text in a div and apply the desired, overflow-y: scroll; for example, to the div. Use columns.render to place the text data into the div. Something like this:
https://live.datatables.net/cemeriwa/1/edit

Kevin

allan

Exactly as Kevin says. Another option you could consider is the ellipsis renderer.

Allan

kkuti

Kevin thanx very much, that has worked perfectly, problem solved. very grateful.
Many thanx again