How to format an alert box message

[danlott]

hi guys,
i've just written a code which validates a form. I have an alert message saying something like "You need to fill in a valid email". I've just learnt you can use tags like "\n" in the alert code to move the text to another line. Are there any other tags I could use? could i format the text, make it bold?
cheers
- D

[coopster]

You can use Escape Sequences:

• \b = Backspace
  
• \f = Form feed
  
• \n = New line
  
• \r = Carriage return
  
• \t = tab
  
• \' = Apostrophe or single quote
  
• \" = Double quote
  
• \\ = Backslash
  
• \000 = octal character
  
• \x00 = hexidecimal character
  
• \u0000 = hexidecimal unicode character
  

You can get the character from the ascii/iso/uni character code sets. For example, alert('\u00A9') will show the copyright symbol.

But, I don't believe you can format text (such as bold) in an alert function; if you can, I don't know how.

[AWildman]

If you really need to format, you might consider using a pop-up over an alert box.

[danlott]

cheers guys, thats just what i wanted to know. pity you cant format the text, but that may be a blessing in disguise.
- D