Text area max width is not limiting number of characters than can be input
607218Dec 12 2008 — edited Apr 27 2009hi -- I have a text area field (NOT auto-height). Width is 100 characters, max width is 1000.
(The database field this item corresponds to is 1000 characters.) Height is 4. I am NOT using nowrap.
Two strange things are happening with this text area:
1) On this page, I also have a plain text field that is 100 characters wide. But the text area in question, also set to width of 100, is significantly wider than the text field (probably about 120).
2) The number of characters the user can input on a single line of the text area IS properly limited by the width of 100, but there is no limit to the number of characters the user can input into the text area. It goes well beyond 1000.
How can I get the proper display width, and how can I limit the number of input characters?
Thanks,
Carol