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powleighpow
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May 17, 2016
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Can you prevent a user from copy/pasting into a Text Area Widget?

  • May 17, 2016
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Hi there,

I am using the Text Area Widget in a custom quiz question I am creating.  Is there anyway to prevent a user from pasting into the text area?  Basically I need to make sure the students type in the answer, not simply copy from one document and paste into the Text Area Widget.

Initially I was using a TEB (which seems to naturally prevent this) but moved to Text Area Widget so I could apply formatting to the text.

As always, I appreciate the help!

Leigh

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Correct answer Lilybiri

They also can paste into a TEB, sorry. You cannot provide such a limitation. The Scrolling Text interaction can be used to show text (check the option 'read only') or to let the user enter text.

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Lilybiri
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May 17, 2016

They also can paste into a TEB, sorry. You cannot provide such a limitation. The Scrolling Text interaction can be used to show text (check the option 'read only') or to let the user enter text.

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powleighpowAuthor
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May 17, 2016

Oh rats!  Thank you for your help :-)

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