uneditable text

[bond]

Hi peeps
How do you make text uneditable. I have varibles set up in html, but would like to use java script to make sure that the user cant click in the txtbox and change the values
is it something like

document.pageName.variabeName.disable

any help would be very grateful

many thanks
b.

[Pittimann]

Hi!

document.formName.fieldName.disabled

But that would have the consequence, that such a field's value would not be submitted on form submit. So it is better to use

document.formName.fieldName.readonly

Both of course can be easily tricked by simply disabling javascript; apart from that, some browsers do not "recognize" disabled or readonly. For such cases you could add some stuff to the tag itself:

<input type="text" name="blah" value="don't modify me" onfocus="this.blur()">

Cheers - Pit

[steelersfan88]

If you do not want it to be changed, why not use CSS to make an element the appearance of a text box.

To have it submitted, simply also include it as a hidden element.

Dr. Script

[Pittimann]

Hi!If you do not want it to be changed, why not use CSS to make an element the appearance of a text box.Hehe - that's of course much better. :D

Cheers - Pit