How do I get the textarea to work? I know how to place it on my screen, but then I dont know how to make it function. I want it to come to my email when some one writes something on it.

Text Fields

To insert a text field either click on the Text Field button of the Form Objects Palette or from the Form Objects menu off the Insert Menu. You will see something that looks like this:

You can then configure the text field with the Properties Palette which changes when the text field is selected.

You can give the field a name by typing in the field to the left of the palette.

You can specify how wide the text area will be by using the Char Width field. The default is 25 characters.

The Max Chars field is where you specify the maximum number of characters to allow in the field. If a user runs out of characters they will not be allowed to continue.


You can choose which type of Text Area you would like by using the 'Type' field on the palette. There are three options available: Single line (default), Multi line, and password.

Check out this link for a more in depth explaination and example.

http://www.uwec.edu/HELP/Dreamweaver8/for-text.htm

Hope it helps.