prevent links in text area

Probably the best way, is to search for a part in the string that resembles any type of link and strip that part of it.

Regards,
Max.

Thought so,

I just wandered if there was a tag to use or something

Thanks

Dbb

Nope, there's nothing like a "strip links from textareas" tag...unfortunately.. ;)

Regards,
Max.

Didn't think so, ah well...

Dbb

this will stop all links in the texarea

<script>
function stripLinks(obj){
 reg=/<a[^>]+>[^>]+<\/a>/gi
 obj.value=obj.value.replace(reg,'')
}
</script>

<textarea onblur="stripLinks(this)" onkeyup="this.onblur()" cols="40" rows="15"></textarea>

reg=/< *a[^>]+>[^>]+< *\/a *>/gi  

is slightly better

That probably won't stop:

this:

<div style="cursor: pointer; color: blue" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline'" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration=''" onclick="location.href='http://kiddanger.com/'">kiddanger.com</div>

or this:

<span style="cursor: pointer; color: blue" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline'" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration=''" onclick="location.href='http://kiddanger.com/'">kiddanger.com</span>

or this:

<select name="goaway" onchange="location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value">
<option value="" selected>Where do you want to go today?</option>
<option value="http://microsoft.com/">microsoft</option>
<option value="https://www.experts-exchange.com/">experts exchange</option>
<option value="http://hp.com/">hp</option>
</select>

or this:

<img style="cursor: pointer; border: 5px outset blue" onmouseover="this.style.border='5px inset blue'" onmouseout="this.style.border='5px outset blue'" src="http://i.microsoft.com/h/en-us/r/ms_masthead_ltr.gif" onclick="location.href='http://microsoft.com/'" title="who's your daddy?" />

http://kiddanger.com/lab/ee/talinks.html

That's why I would strip out the http:// parts....

Regards,
Max.

Anyone got a quick script that'll strip the entire url?

Thanks

Dbb

can you not strip between <a href> and </a>?

Well..you could...but what if the link is done the way kiddanger described? Then the link is still there...

Regards,
Max.

Sorry, just realised that after I posted...

I think this was a good discussion.  I didn't realize the difficulty until I started looking at it.  I don't know why, but I chose a long time ago to just show the text in either <xmp> or <pre></pre> and this renders the links to merely visual.

Thanks Kiddanger, your input is much appreciated. As is from everyone else.

Thanks guys

Dbb

Glad to have been helpfull :)

Regards,
Max.

You're welcome, DBB.