Displaying strings in italics using javascript

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I am using a multiline text in xul and in I need to display a string. however part of the string needs to be in italics and if a use the .italics() method in javascript all that's displayed is the Blink! tags next to the string. Is there another way to make the string italics using javascript?

xiaoyi · Answer 1 · 2012-05-22T10:23:48.990

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String.prototype.italics() just wrap the text with <i> and </i>, this only works in HTML not XUL.
When you say 'a multiline text', are you reference to <textbox> element in XUL? If so this wrapper doesn't work with rich text. try some other element to contain your text.

edited May 22 '12 at 10:23

answered May 22 '12 at 08:32

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yes it is a textbox element, I tried to use a description element but I got the same error – Monalisa Nkhata May 23 '12 at 06:26
@MonalisaNkhata check out https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL_School/The_Box_Model Text Links section, I think it might help. – xiaoyi May 23 '12 at 06:41

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 22 '12 at 10:32

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I am not positive if this works on a XUL-document, but you could try the style-object:

document.getElementById("myString").style.fontStyle = "italic";

answered May 22 '12 at 10:32

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