textarea with both editable and non-editable text.

[Anish Nagraj]

My application has got a textarea where i have got to display a text which should not be deleted or altered by the user, where as the same user should also be able to enter his own text immedietly after the non-editable text ends.
The non-editable text should be displayed in a different color where the user entering text should be in a different color.

[Eric Pascarello]

That is not going to happen with a textarea since 1) can not disable part 2) only one color can be used

You would have to develop a custom WYSIWYG type of area which is not easy to do.

Eric

[Bear Bibeault]

Why not just show the non-editable text outside of the text area?