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+<?php
+
+/** Use <textarea> for char and varchar
+* @author Jakub Vrana, http://www.vrana.cz/
+* @license http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache License, Version 2.0
+* @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html GNU General Public License, version 2 (one or other)
+*/
+class AdminerEditTextarea {
+	
+	function editInput($table, $field, $attrs, $value) {
+		if (ereg('char', $field["type"])) {
+			return "<textarea cols='30' rows='1' style='height: 1.2em;'$attrs onkeypress='return textareaKeypress(this, event);'>" . h($value) . '</textarea>';
+		}
+	}
+	
+}