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MangoPlex

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Registered: 2006-02-11

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initial direction of the text area

Hi,

My site supports right-to-left languages (Hebrew, Arabic).

Is it possible to set the button "right to left direction" to be pressed when the form loads?

Thanks!

Last edited by MangoPlex (2006-11-21 18:04:16)

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MangoPlex

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From: Vancouver

Registered: 2006-02-11

Posts: 7

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Re: initial direction of the text area

OK, I've found out how!

To set an initial right to left, put between the <textarea> and the </textarea>:
<p style="direction:rtl; text-align:right"><br /></p>

To set an initial left to right, put between the <textarea> and the </textarea>:
<p style="direction:ltr; text-align:left"><br /></p>

It's a good idea to set it even if your site is English only, that way the output will always have <p> around the first paragraph. Otherwise in some cases the first paragraph will have no <p> around it...

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