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email text without CR exceeds email window

Thread began 10/18/2012 7:57 pm by mike410462 | Last modified 10/19/2012 11:03 am by mike410462 | 946 views | 2 replies |

mike410462

email text without CR exceeds email window

I am using databridge UE to setup a simple contact form.
I stumbled on this accidentally and cannot figure out how to fix.
Basically, I was testing the comments test box I have and just typed in repeated keystrokes for a good long time and then copied that chunk, hit return and pasted, return and pasted. I was seeing how the text box reacted to a lot of text.
On the form itself - no problem - scrollbar and all text within box.
But on the email itself - the text way overflows the text box (really the table cell) way right, until it sees the return (CR/BR whichever) drops correctly and then shoots off to the right again.
I tried to define both a table width size and also a width for that cell - to no effect - the text still shoots off to the right. I would have thought that the text would stay within the table cell, but it does not - even with a max size limit.
I have attached a screen shot of that part of the email.
This is a basic form using the blank template provided (modified to contain the data I wanted in the email per your instructional video).
When it sees a return, the text drops fine, but this is what happens if I type a lot without hitting the return key.
It probably is something simple I missed, but does anyone have any thoughts about how to correct?
Any help would be appreciated

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

this is a limitation to CSS support in email clients.

Not all CSS standards are supported in email clients, the overflow property is one that is not.

you would need to use PHP to force wordwrap on the string.

it looks like the name of the form element in question is comments, add the following code at line 1 to force word wrap at 50 characters:

php:
<?php if(isset($_POST['comments']) && $_POST['comments'] != ""$_POST['comments'] = wordwrap($_POST['comments'],50,"<br>",true); ?>
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mike410462

Thanks,
That fixed it.
Appreciate the help and quick response.
Mike

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