911- textarea captured but can not displayed well on Browser with linebreak

Question

Please have a look at point 1 and answer point 2. Please do any suggestion
1.
Here is a test.jsp code:
<script language="javascript1.2">
function OK()
alert(document.frm.textarea.value);
return true;
</script>
<%
if (request.getMethod().equalsIgnoreCase("POST"))
out.println(request.getParameter("textarea"));
else
%>
<form name="frm" method="post" onSubmit="return OK();">
<textarea cols="10" rows="5" name="textarea"></textarea>
<input type="submit">
</form>
<%
%>
2. when I enter
this is a test
thsss
we get the msgbox display
this is a test
thsss
which is OK.
Now when we're back to the server, which send to the brower
this is a test
thsss
but the Browser could not display as it is. On the browser, I use view source and see exactly whatever we entered
(/n or /n/r)
-- Paul.

Answer 1

the esiest way to make it work is to use <pre></pre> tag. In your case it will look like
<script language="javascript1.2">
function OK()
alert(document.frm.textarea.value);
return true;
</script>
<style>
pre{font-family:verdana;};
</style>
<%
if (request.getMethod().equalsIgnoreCase("POST"))
out.println("<pre>" + request.getParameter("textarea") + "</pre>");
else
%>
<form name="frm" method="post" onSubmit="return OK();">
<textarea cols="10" rows="5" name="textarea"></textarea>
<input type="submit">
</form>
<%
%>
Notice that I used a style sheet to change the default font for <pre> (you can write your own style sheet). Good Luck.