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3 total messages Started by stephane lambotte Tue, 25 Apr 2000 00:00

#146

Author: stephane lambotte
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 00:00

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I'd like to define a html form.
In this some text box can be edited by the viewer, but other can't .

Is there any readonly attributes that can be used on forms.
Or can I do this via a Jscript.

Thanks for any idea, or links

Re: readonly in forms

#147

Author: Kae Verens
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 00:00

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stephane lambotte wrote:
> 
> I'd like to define a html form.
> In this some text box can be edited by the viewer, but other can't .
> 
> Is there any readonly attributes that can be used on forms.
> Or can I do this via a Jscript.
> 
> Thanks for any idea, or links

The <input> tag has a readonly attribute, as does the <textarea> tag.

Kae

Re: readonly in forms

#148

Author: Jukka Korpela
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 00:00

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On Tue, 25 Apr 2000 09:20:18 GMT, "stephane lambotte"
<lambotte@usa.net> wrote:

>I'd like to define a html form.
>In this some text box can be edited by the viewer, but other can't .

Sorry that does not parse. Who is "other"?

>Is there any readonly attributes that can be used on forms.

Yes, the attribute is actually named readonly.

It is supported by IE 4+ but not by most other browsers yet.

The interesting question is why you would include a form field, which
is essentially an input field, and prevent user input via it. The
answer to the question whether you should really use readonly or
something else and what you should do about browsers that don't
support it seriously depend on what you are actually aiming at.

>Or can I do this via a Jscript.

That's a different question and best discussed in
comp.lang.javascript, but you might wish to check
http://www.hut.fi/u/jkorpela/forms/readonly.html for the basics first.

-- 
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