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I'm looking for a way to mirror text (like how SO provides a preview of the text being entered, as its being typed). I also need to be able to modify the texts output environment (whether it be a textbox/messagebox/ect.) for background/text color (selected from a dropdown menu). Suggestions on the best way to go about this? FYI I'm using Visual Web Developer 2008 Express and its an aspx page. Thanks.

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The way SO accomplishes this is using javascript not server side code. In fact SO users a modified version of the wmd editor which you could also use:

http://wmd-editor.com/

brendan
One of the problems I have with WMD is it seems to be a lot for the little bit I actually need. More importantly the text that a user enters is used a function/method which creates a webpage and I'm unsure how I'd get the text into that function if its hidden in javascript.
Shawn