Replacing <br> with \n for displaying in textarea

[susikaufmann2003]

Hello,

i have a html text, where it is possible (using ajax) to edit the text
by clicking on it. The text is then shown in a textarea. My problem is,
that the newlines are not displayed in the editing textarea. So i tried
to replace the html-<br> with '\n', but it does not work. I only geht
the text without newlines.

I tried:

actual.innerHTML = actual.innerHTML.replace(/<BR>/gi, '\n');
actual.innerHTML = actual.innerHTML.replace(/<BR>/gi, '\\n');

and some more, but it did not work for me

Thank you for any help,

Susanne

 

[Bart Van der Donck]

i have a html text, where it is possible (using ajax) to edit the text
by clicking on it. The text is then shown in a textarea. My problem is,
that the newlines are not displayed in the editing textarea. So i tried
to replace the html-<br> with '\n', but it does not work. I only geht
the text without newlines.

I tried:

actual.innerHTML = actual.innerHTML.replace(/<BR>/gi, '\n');
actual.innerHTML = actual.innerHTML.replace(/<BR>/gi, '\\n');

and some more, but it did not work for me

You shouldn't populate the textarea using innerHTML. Default form
referencing from script should display the desired result:

<form><textarea name="t"></textarea></form>
<script type="text/javascript">
var content = 'a<br>b<br>c'
document.forms[0].t.value = content.replace(/<br>/gi, '\n');
</script>

Hope this helps,