Hello,

I wish to implement description in textarea, and this is simple to do,
but i have one problem, all text is in one line. and i dont like it.

Things must be simple for users, when user pres ENTER button,
he expect to get a new line. like in notepad
like this,

not like this:

when user pres ENTER button,he expect to get a new line. like in notepadlike this,


when you post auction, everything looks ok, but when you open preview, or item page all text
is in one line again.

I need a litle help to find solution.
and when finished, I will post it to forum.

Also i would like to know opinion about safety aspect of this (because there is no html input from users)
and are disable &enable_html, and strip_scripts  needed in this case,
(maybe disable &enable_txt will be solution???)

Thanks,
and sorry for my bad english,
I hope you will understand my question.

Hi Dieter,

No, I don’t think so, this is not a problem with text area.
i have already managed text area to display new rows by converting <br> to /n,

Maybe I have not explained good what i intent to do,

I want to display <textarea> instead of html_description in Sub: Display Item

1.when user post new auction, he press ENTER button for new row, and everything looks ok,
2.when he go to preview, ( mine is changed also <textarea> for description) all text is in one row,
3.and finaly when he go to his new auction,( mine is changed also <textarea> for description) all text in one row again.

I am aware that script store $desc data in one row, and what i need to finish it is to make script to write
<br> in data file (when user pres enter) ,
and again to read <br> and print \n when displaying it.( this part is done) $line =~ s/\<br\>/\n/gi;

Could you help?

Reason for replacing html description with textarea: (my private opinion)
1.As you already know, small auction sites are not made for experienced sellers, it is painful job to learn all members how to input HTML code, Also they do not read any help or FAQ, they usually think your site is not functioning, and go away, forever. Very bad outcome.
2. Increased security
3. More user friendly auction

I would also like to hear your opinion about safety aspect of preventing users to input any html code in auction.

Thank you for your time, and kind help.