To enhance user experience, consider replacing a textarea with an element for a more intricate display by utilizing .click() and .blur() events. Check out this example to experiment with.
Here is the HTML:
<div class="container">
<textarea class="text-area hidden"></textarea>
<div class="text-area icon-example"></div>
</div>
The CSS styling:
.container {
position: relative;
display:inline-block;
}
.text-area {
width: 200px;
height: 50px;
border:1px solid #ccc;
display:inline-block;
}
.icon-example:after {
content: url(http://www.stat.ncsu.edu/dept-icons/camera-icon.gif);
position:absolute;
z-index:9999;
right: 3px;
bottom: 6px;
}
.hidden {
display:none;
}
JQuery implementation:
$('.text-area').click(function() {
$(this).hide();
$(this).parent().find('textarea').show();
});
$('textarea').blur(function() {
$(this).parent().find('div').text($(this).val()).show();
$(this).hide();
});
Exploring further customization options like adjusting the appearance of div and textarea to match each other can greatly enhance the overall design. With proper tweaking, this approach can achieve cross-browser compatibility.