scrolling text area disables live links

[Morph]

Bear with me here I'm a complete noob with code. I've only learned how some
of the code on my website works. How to arrange small easy tags etc..

Here's my problem # 1

I have a form scrollable textarea but that text area disables any type of Html or Live Link.

Anybody have any clues for me enable Live Link URLs ?


I can't get any Link like this one ( <a url="http://www.I'm confused.com/avail4.htm"> Avail dummmy </a> )
to work/operate live

Here below is some Form text area code to my issue

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="394" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<form name="form1" action="" method="post">
<div align="center"><textarea class="unnamed1" title="textarea" rows="10"
readonly="readonly" cols="38"> Blah , Blah , Blah text
<a url="http://www.I'm confused.com/avail4.htm"> Avail dummmy </a>


Blah , Blah , Blah more text

</textarea></div></form></td></tr></tbody></table></td>


Anyway that I can make that Link with in that scrollable text form to work/operate live ?

Thanks for your patience and any advice !


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Problem # 2
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I also have question about a custom colored scroll bar

In I.E. the scroll bar is a customized color display

The code is only I.E. compatible not FF or Google Chrome

[U] I believe is the code that controls the scroll bar/U]

//-->
</script>
<style>A {
TEXT-DECORATION: none
}
BODY {
SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: #333333; SCROLLBAR-HIGHLIGHT-COLOR: #CC33CC; SCROLLBAR-SHADOW-COLOR: #000000; SCROLLBAR-3DLIGHT-COLOR: #000000; SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: #CC33CC; SCROLLBAR-TRACK-COLOR: #5A5A5A; SCROLLBAR-DARKSHADOW-COLOR: #CC33CC
}</style>
<style>A:hover {
COLOR: #ffffff
}</style>

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Any suggestions to make this custom colored scroll bar operate in FF & Google Chrome ?


Thanks for any suggestion on both questions

[Fang]

1. html does not work in a textarea, it's text only.

2. That is IE propriety code. For other browsers use dhtml scrollbars (http://www.google.com/search?q=dhtml+scrollbars)

[Morph]

1. html does not work in a textarea, it's text only.

2. That is IE propriety code. For other browsers use dhtml scrollbars (http://www.google.com/search?q=dhtml+scrollbars)


Thankyou


1. html does not work in a textarea, it's text only.

So There's absolutely no command that will change that ? Gotcha

2. That is IE propriety code. For other browsers use dhtml scrollbars (http://www.google.com/search?q=dhtml+scrollbars)

I will see if I can make heads or tails out of that.
I did create a couple Drop down menus few years ago DHTML

So I would just insert the DHTML command underneath the I.E. propriety code ?
to gain the FF / Goog custom scrollbar affect I'm after ?

[Fang]

2. It's not a command. It's css and a lot of JavaScript.

[Morph]

2. It's not a command. It's css and a lot of JavaScript.

Yes forgive my lack of proper vocabulary ;)

css & js would fill up quite a bit of space-- several lines of code compared to
those just few lines IE requires to accomplish that effect.

Thanks for the pointer ;)