Hello,
I currently have a textarea field that is on a data entry screen, which can be displayed as editable or read-only, based on certain criteria. I noticed that when text with line breaks is entered into the textarea, it keeps these line breaks as expected when viewing the record again in edit mode. However, when the record is read-only, and the textarea is showing as read-only text, the formatting has been an issue -- all of the text is run together as if it were one continuous line. In the Label area of properties for the textarea, I added in <PRE> in the Pre Element Text value, and </PRE> for the Post Element Text, to retain formatting of the text. The good news is that now the text formats properly in edit or read-only mode; however, if a long amount of text was entered before a line break, when viewing the textarea as read-only, the text goes on and on far past the right edge of the screen so a lot of scrolling must be done to read the text.
Is there some property or workaround I can use to restrict the width of the text showing when read-only, so the text will wrap but also maintain line breaks? I don't want to change any properties that will cause the edit view of of this textarea to function any differently. In a nutshell, I'd like to be able to have the text wrap, but still show the line breaks.
Thanks in advance,
Brian