stupid getElementById

[darkdirk1]

I have a bunch of input elements which are DISABLED="true" .
Based on certain actions I want to enable them using javascript.
It would be simple to just do this by accessing their names directly, unfortunately this page is a bit more complex. I have it split into DIVs and am making copious usage of style.display=" none"....Also some of the names are common.
Only the element ID's are definetly unique.
What I am (basically) trying to do is simply:

var tbl_type_h = document.getElementById("tbl_type_h");
tbl_type_h.disabled="false";

But the silly element is still disabled.
I am sure the function is firing and the correct value is being passed on down.
It would appear I am not using tbl_type_h correctly.

Thanks to you who can get me back on track!!!!!

[ronverdonk]

You can't blame this on a stupid getElementById, because it is your own fault.
Question: what do you want to assign to your variable? Answer: the value of the element. Then code it like that:
[html]var tbl_type_h = document.getEle mentById("tbl_t ype_h").value;[/html]

Ronald :cool:

[darkdirk1]

hehheh... thanks.

[darkdirk1]

Darn - i had hoped it was that simple.
Unfortunately this is not the solution.
Consider i am actually trying to create an identifier to that page element.
Not nessecarily caring about the value of the input itself.
I am using getElementById successfully to control the display property with the syntax shown above - it's only when trying to access the DISABLED prop that I recieve unexpected results...

[darkdirk1]

i just went through and made the input names unique.
Access it the old fashioned way.

[darkdirk1]

i just went through and made the input names unique.
Access it the old fashioned way.

This raises new challenges...
Any other observartions are much appreciated.

[darkdirk1]

Im going to try to accomplish my goal using the form elements index.

[steven]

Give this a try:

document.getElementById("tbl_type_h").disabled = "false";

[darkdirk1]

I ended up giving the elements unique names and adding a hidden input with no value. Then when the user is navigating he forces value to the hidden input.
Which I then detect with vbscript and process the appropriate vars based on that value....

Which got me by and onto the next screen.

[scripto]

Darkdirk

the correct statment should be:

var tbl_type_h = document.getEle mentById("tbl_t ype_h");
tbl_type_h.enabled=true;

no quotes on the true/false