Display Text Area as Read Only

Question

Hello,
I have about 5 forms, some of the forms have text areas with counters. All of my text area fields are pretty much set up the same way:
width = 75, height= 6, max width = 500.
When a user logs in with read only priv. the text areas turn change to read only. The problem is when I enter some data into a text area it will display across the screen. I need the text area to do word wrap. I have tried the following in the Read Only Element Table Cell Attribute.
display:block; width: 400px; word-wrap: break-word; overflow:hiddenI have also tried to add some CSS to my HTML Header, which adds borders to all of the fields, which is not wanted and it doesn't word wrap.
<style type="text/css">
span.display_only {border:2px inset #D4D0C8; padding:1px 0px;}
</style>Any help, is greatly appreciated.
Mary
Edited by: MaryM on Aug 25, 2010 11:58 AM

Answer 1

They are page items all of them have character counters. The problem, comes when a user logs in with Read Only privelages, then the text area's turn to Read only. For example, if I enter something in the text box like (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee) it will display across the screen when a Read Only user logs in and looks at it. I need it to word wrap, when it is in Read Only mode. It will also display the same way if I change the field type to Display as Text ex: (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee), it will not word wrap.
All of my text area boxes are varchar2 (300) or more in length. I need to be able to word word wrap. I was able to do with classic reports, using standard report columns and in the css I added the following:
display:block; width:400px;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:hidden.Hope I explained this better.
Mary
Edited by: MaryM on Aug 25, 2010 12:25 PM