disable changing text in text box

[karren]

hello,

i am creating a form where i don't want the user to be able to modify the value that appears in the text box (because this value is automatically created by a calculation script i am using).

i have tried several methods that disable any clicking in the textbox and disable selecting the item, but the user is still able to modify the values of that text box.

does anyone know which code i should use to stop the user from modifying anything in the textarea?

thanks all!

karren

 

[MOrac]

It's an HTML tag, although you can of course set the property from JS as well :

<input type="text" readonly="readonly" />

...is an example of a read-only box.

 

[cLFlaVA]

<textarea name="ta" disabled="disabled"></textarea>

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[trollacious]

In the <input type="text"> add:

onfocus="this.blur(); return true;"

What this does is move the focus away from the text input if someone clicks on it, or if someone tabs to it.

Lee

 

[cLFlaVA]

well, there are you three options.

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[karren]

thanks sooooo much everyone!! i need to polish up my javascript skills....you all are great, thanks again!

karren

 

[MOrac]

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