I've simplified this to: form.config.value="mary\r\nhad\r\na\r\nlittle\r\nlamb"; form.config.value="mary\nhad\na\nlittle\nlamb"; form.config.value="mary<br />had<br />a<br />little<br />lamb"; The form is: <form name=clientConfigForm id=clientConfigForm method=post onsubmit='baculaClientConfigUpdate(); return false;'> <input type=hidden name=client value='' /> <textarea name=config wrap=off style='width: 100%; height:440px; overflow: auto; white-space: nowrap;'></textarea> <br /> <input type=submit value=Update /> </form> as suggested all over the place, but in all cases, the text still appears on one line On Thursday 14 May 2015 10:42:35 Gary Stainburn wrote: > Hi folks, > > At some point the following code stopped working properly, but I don't know > when. > > Now when I try it, both on Firefox and IE all of the text appears on the > first line. I've checked the source text and it has newline characters > (I've also changed them to CRLF which made no change). > > When I update form.config.value the contents are correct and contain the \n > when inspected using FireBug, but they appear wrong with everything on one > line. > > Anyone got a clue how to fix this for both Firefox and IE. I've found > loads of stuff on Google, except the answer > > Gary > > AjaxRequest("/hardware/ajax"+debug+".html?baculaClientConfig="+name, > function(xmlHttp) { > if(xmlHttp.readyState==4) { > var form = document.getElementById("clientConfigForm"); > if (form) > form.config.value=xmlHttp.responseText; > } > },false); -- Gary Stainburn Group I.T. Manager Ringways Garages http://www.ringways.co.uk -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org