Re: Read Only Form Input Fields

[Martin Senger <M.Senger@dkfz-heidelberg.de>]

No, it doesn't work (at least on Solaris X).

BTW: I discovered very annoying (or funny) feature when trying this.
     I copied quickly to my editor a line suggested by Masoud
     (onFocus...) and forgot to change names (myNextText...) to
     correspond with my form. Then I loaded document to Navigator
     (on Solaris X). When I approached the first text field (with
     onFocus.. event handler) I got JS alert window with message
     that myNextText is not defined. It was correct - but funny was
     that I was getting this alert messsage each time when my mouse touched
     the Navigator (anywhere, not only in the text field, even when I
     touched a header bar added to Navigator by X-window manager).
     I had to prepare my fingers on keyboard (Alt-R for reloading), then
     move by other hadn my mouse, and then be quicker than JS alert.
     I did it finally, but it is surely a bug...

Martin

> 
> Frends,
>  The best way is to do the following:
>    onFocus="myNextText.select();myNextText.focus();"
> Masoud.
> 
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Martin Senger <M.Senger@dkfz-heidelberg.de>
> Subject: Re: Read Only Form Input Fields
> To: javascript@obscure.org
> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 09:33:56 +0100 (MET)
> In-Reply-To: <313F4D7F.6E92@dircon.co.uk> from "Daniel Grealy" at  
> Mar 7, 96 08:56:31 pm
> Sender: owner-javascript@obscure.org
> Reply-To: javascript@obscure.org
> 
> >
> > Grady Russell wrote:
> > >
> > > On my pages, I keep getting users calling it Java when its  
> JavaScript. Its
> > Does any one know how to implement read only text fields in a
> > form. The scenario is this. I have developed an order processing
> > system using Javascript and forms. The user types a product code and
> > my script looks this up and fills in a description and price fields. 
> >
> > I do not want the  user to be able to change these.
> >
> I have done it in onChange (or onBlur) handler in the field I want
> to have it read-only. Just to put back a original value:
> 
>    ...onChange="this.value=this.defaultValue">
> 
> But, I have heard the rumour that in the future we will have a  
> possibility
> to disable (grayed) a field. Maybe that will be the right way for read-
> only purposes.
> 
> Regards,
> Martin
> 
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