disabling form input elements

[Bill]

Hi.

Is there any way to make form input elements inactive, ie to disable them?

I've seen such a thing in VB but can't find anything in HTML/Javascript
references.

Thanks.

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Re: disabling form input elements

"Bill" <someone@here.c om> writes:
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> Is there any way to make form input elements inactive, ie to disable them?[/color]

There are different ways, depending on what you mean by disable:

formElem.disabl ed = true;

Setting it "disabled" means that you can't use it (edit text, click
button), and it isn't sent when the form is submitted.

formElem.readOn ly = true;

A text (input/textarea) can be set readOnly. Then it just can't be
changed, but is still submitted.
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> I've seen such a thing in VB but can't find anything in HTML/Javascript
> references.[/color]

What did you write in VB?

/L
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