how to display html text inside the textarea control in asp.net[.net 4 framework]?

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I have added one submit button and one textArea control in asp.net(4 framework) page.Whenever user clicks submit button, then i will get some html text and needs to display it in the textArea control.

for example: (i) <B><I>some text</I></B> then i have to display the text with BOLD and ITALIC style in the textArea contol

(ii) Also, needs to display Html TABLE inside the textArea control.

I dont know is this possible or not...

Please guide me to get out of this issue...

what about Html encoding and decoding ? – JSJ Sep 17 '12 at 06:30 — JSJ, Sep 17 '12 at 06:30
@Jodha:Can you explain more about it – Saravanan Sep 17 '12 at 06:38 — Saravanan, Sep 17 '12 at 06:38

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 17 '12 at 06:30

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This is not possible with the standard textarea.

You will need a rich text edit box. There are lot of editors available for this.

Take a look at

Tiny MCE

or

jQuery based CLEditor

answered Sep 17 '12 at 06:30

nunespascal

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 17 '12 at 09:59

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Textbox used in general are limited in their functionality so in order to get additional editing and features, you must go through the functionality of Richtextbox. I think this link might help: Richtextbox

answered Sep 17 '12 at 09:59

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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Well you cannot display a table inside TextArea but you can surely set it's css to display text in bold & italics.

You can use textarea{ font-weight: bold; font-style:italic; }

You can use TinyMCE as mentioned by nunespascal, alternatively you can use div to look like a textarea, please check the below link.

How do I make an editable DIV look like a text field?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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answered Sep 17 '12 at 10:02

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 18 '12 at 11:29

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We can use literal control for this requirement.

  <asp:Literal id="literal1" Text="I love ASP!" runat="server" />

In C#,

   literal1.text=htmlString;

It is working good for me...

answered Sep 18 '12 at 11:29

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how to display html text inside the textarea control in asp.net[.net 4 framework]?

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