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Fonts in a text box?

In a regular textbox created in Rails:

<%= text_area_tag 'chat_data', '', :rows => 30, :cols => 70 %>

Is it possible to have fonts for text like bold and coloring? I am using a textbox to store a chat session and want to make it more aesthetic.

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I would completely forget <textarea>

. Output HTML in <div>

and use CSS to format your markup.

Example:

<div class="chatbox">
    <p><span class="name">Oli:</span> My message</p>
    <p><span class="name">Oli:</span> My message</p>
    <p><span class="name">Oli:</span> My message</p>
    <p><span class="name">Oli:</span> My message</p>
</div>


with some of the following formatting:

.chatbox {overflow:auto;width:500px;height:200px}
.chatbox p {}
.chatbox .name {font-weight:bold}

It's pretty simple, but you can type it if you know how. (Note: width and height must be locked for overflow to work).

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No, It is Immpossible. WYSIWYG editors in HTML use a great attribute trick editable

, not textarea

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