changing input.type error with IE

[vastaso]

Ciao, I have an hidden field and I want make it visible, setting its "type"
to "text" from a popup window.
I'm using this code:
window.opener.d ocument.forms['formInsegnamen ti'].elements['giorni_1'].type
='text';

it works fine in Mozilla but fails in Internet Explorer 6.

Any ideas?
Thanks

[Michael Winter]

Re: changing input.type error with IE

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:49:53 +0100, vastaso <vastaso@hjjh.i t> wrote:
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> Ciao, I have an hidden field and I want make it visible, setting its
> "type"[/color]

[snip]
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> it works fine in Mozilla but fails in Internet Explorer 6.[/color]

Microsoft have taken the liberty of making the type property read-only[1].
It would be a better idea to hide the element when the document loads
using the style object, then making it visible later.

When the document loads:

var elemRef = ...;

if(elemRef && elemRef.style) {
elemRef.style.v isibility = 'hidden'; // or .display = 'none';
}


When you want to show the element:

var elemRef = ...;

if(elemRef && elemRef.style) {
elemRef.style.v isibility = ''; // or .display = '';
}

Hope that helps,
Mike


[1] Well, it can be written to once, but only it the element in question
has just been created with a document.create Element call.

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[vastaso]

Re: changing input.type error with IE


"Michael Winter" <M.Winter@bluey onder.co.invali d> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:opsfvao4fx x13kvk@atlantis ...[color=blue]
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:49:53 +0100, vastaso <vastaso@hjjh.i t> wrote:
>
> When the document loads:
>
> var elemRef = ...;
>
> if(elemRef && elemRef.style) {
> elemRef.style.v isibility = 'hidden'; // or .display = 'none';
> }
>
>
> When you want to show the element:
>
> var elemRef = ...;
>
> if(elemRef && elemRef.style) {
> elemRef.style.v isibility = ''; // or .display = '';
> }
>
> Hope that helps,
> Mike[/color]

Oh YES! It helps!!
Thank you very much