Q: how to set the readonly attribute to false (IE and Moz)

[Fred K.]

Hi,

I have form text fields that have the attribute readonly. I wish to
use a javascript (invoked by a button on my page) to erase the values
and set
the readonly attribute to false. How do I do this?

Here's what I have that is not working with respect to setting
readonly to false:
function nsfields ( bDefaults ) {

if ( bDefaults == "Yes" ) {
// insert the default values in the fields
document.form1. ns1_hostname.va lue = 'foo.foobar.com ';
document.form1. ns1_hostname.re adonly = 'readonly';

} else {
// Blank the fields
document.form1. ns1_hostname.va lue = '';
document.form1. ns1_hostname.re adonly = false;
}
}

[Vjekoslav Begovic]

Re: how to set the readonly attribute to false (IE and Moz)

"Fred K." <freddo411@yaho o.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Here's what I have that is not working with respect to setting
> readonly to false:[/color]

<snip>
[color=blue]
> document.form1. ns1_hostname.re adonly = false;[/color]

Use: document.form1. ns1_hostname.re adOnly = false;
^
Note the case.

And, BTW, it is safer to write:

document.forms["form1"].elements["ns1_hostna me"]

[DU]

Re: Q: how to set the readonly attribute to false (IE and Moz)

Fred K. wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I have form text fields that have the attribute readonly. I wish to
> use a javascript (invoked by a button on my page) to erase the values
> and set
> the readonly attribute to false. How do I do this?
>
> Here's what I have that is not working with respect to setting
> readonly to false:
> function nsfields ( bDefaults ) {
>
> if ( bDefaults == "Yes" ) {
> // insert the default values in the fields
> document.form1. ns1_hostname.va lue = 'foo.foobar.com ';
> document.form1. ns1_hostname.re adonly = 'readonly';
>
> } else {
> // Blank the fields
> document.form1. ns1_hostname.va lue = '';
> document.form1. ns1_hostname.re adonly = false;
> }
> }[/color]

http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTML/html.html#ID-88461592

but

http://www.robinlionheart.com/stds/html4/results.xhtml#readonly_text_only

DU