Re: readonly text entry

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Posted by pdii on August 31, 2000 at 1:48:10:

I would do it like this:
Suppose the name of the checkbox is 'cbox' and the name of the text field is 'txtfld'. First, we need to check to see if txtfld is readonly. If it is readonly (that is, cbox is checked), then we would blur() out of the field, in effect turning it into readonly. If cbox is not checked then no big deal the user can edit the field.
The code would look something like this:
function status() {
if (document.forms.cbox.checked) document.forms.txtfld.blur();
}
<form><input type="checkbox" name="cbox">
<input type="text" name="txtfld" onfocus="status()"></form>

The form will only return to the CGI 'successful' objects, that is object that has been changed. So , if txtfld did not get changed then it will not be returned to the CGI. You could force a value on txtfld with document.forms.txtfld.value =
whatever" in the status() function to ensure that it will be returned to the CGI if the user does not enter anything.

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