"Multiple lines of text" not wrapping in field

Question

Hi Everyone!

I created a field with the properties of "Multiple lines of text" - 6 lines actually. When a user fills out a form and enters information into the 6 line text box, the line scrolls to the right instead of wrapping to the next line. Also, when reviewing the form after submission, the "Multiple lines of text" box only shows one line and you cannot see beyond the right border of the box. To scroll to the right, you have to actually enter the edit mode. 

I'm guessing I did something wrong because I cannot imagine this would be designed to behave this way.

I'm using SharePoint O365. Here's a snippet of the properties:

Thanks, Kevin

Answer 1

Hi Kevin,

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Ryan

Answer 2

I have the same exact problem.  IE11 displays the contents correctly, but Chrome does not, unless I install the IE Helper plug-in.

Answer 3

Hi t8chau,

Since this is an old thread and features have been changed a lot in SharePoint Online during this period, I would suggest you post a new thread in our forum under Office > SharePoint Online category. Engineers will assist you and look into the specific issue you encountered.

Thanks,

Ryan

Answer 4

Ryan, this is still an open issue I have to deal with almost daily from my users. And of course, all I hear is SharePoint again? When will we move away from it? Ugh...

It is easily repeatable and should be able to be fixed by now, certainly plenty of time. I have given you steps to repeat. I am not sure but is seems InfoPath Designer is breaking the HTML5 standard that the major browsers use. I only mention this as the issue does not show up in IE, yet does in other HTML5 browsers, such as Chrome and FireFox. I'm still willing to work with your engineers but I'm sure they can run the steps and see exactly what happens.

Thanks, Kevin

Answer 5

Hi Kevin

Not sure if you found something that solved this issue. I had this same issue and got it fixed. As you said, Infopath designer was the culprit and it is messing up something that takes away the browser compatibility. I found a work around and it works. Just add a content editor webpart in your editifs.aspx and if required, on newifs.aspx pages and add the below CSS code into it.

<style type="text/css">

     @supports (-webkit-appearance:none) {

           textarea[scriptclass="TextBox"][wrapped="true"] {

               white-space: pre-wrap !important; word-wrap: break-word !important;

           }

      }

</style>