A control to display html code

[html20009876]

Many products are displayed on a page, each product has a long text description, which is dynamically created by php.

I displayed product description in a <div>, but text is too long.
I want a simple TAG, i.e. <textarea> to restrict text in a small area.
But <textarea> doesn't show html TAG or format.

Do you know which TAG or control can do this?

Thanks.

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[masterwin]

you can show in a div with showable height and width and with the style to scroll

[rtrethewey]

He means use something like:

<div style="width:250px; height:120px; overflow:scroll;">
<?php echo($description); ?>
</div>

In other words, enclose the PHP code that outputs the product description with <div> tags as shown above, and adjust the 'width' and 'height' settings in the style attribute as needed.

[html20009876]

Hi rtrethewey,

It's exactly what I need.

Thanks a lot.

[Major Payne]

Or, you can use JS Show/Hide Divs Script:

http://www.stunicholls.com/various/j...more-less.html
http://www.rgagnon.com/jsdetails/js-0086.html
http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com/scripts/...ent-slide.html
http://www.randomsnippets.com/2008/0...show-your-div/
http://webdesign.about.com/od/dhtml/a/aa101507.htm

[signorm68]

use code with fixed (CSS) width and height, and then apply attribute "overflow:scroll"