Module Questions - changing the text area width in the form

[ullal]

I want to be able to change the width of the text area in the questions form in a flexible way i.e. depending on the resolution of the display monitor = available width of the content area.

I have found a way to change the width in a fixed way by modifying the lines 67-68 of the file function.default_form.php from

$smarty->assign('input_question',
  $this->CreateTextArea(false,$id,'','input_question'));

to

$textareawidt = 50;
$smarty->assign('input_question',
  $this->CreateTextArea(false,$id,'','input_question','','','','',$textareawidt));

I have set the width to a fixed value of 50 columns. This is based on the position of the parameter width in the definition of the function CreateTextArea in class.module.inc.php in which a preset value of 80 columns is used.

Is there any way to set the value of the variable $textareawidt? Is there any Smarty or CMS variable available that I could use to set this width?

[cyberman]

I think the easier way would be to style the width via CSS - you have only to add a class or id in template file .

[zgr]

But how with CSS in this case???

[cyberman]

Make a look at the html source and find out if the textarea has an id (for instance "example").

Then you can use

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textarea#example {width: 30em;}

to format it.

[zgr]

There is no ID for the module-generated textarea.

But cascade from parent works fine:

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<td id="tapatch">{$input_question}</td>

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#tapatch textarea {width:100%;}