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siuk

siuk

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Aug 23, 2001
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Hi,

I want to be able to disable a text box on my website when a tickbox is pressed. Would this be done by putting something along the lines of:

<input type=checkbox onclick=&quot;document.myform.T1.disable&quot;>

This does not work - can anyone help me?? I also would like to know how to re-activate them too!

thanks alot
 
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I'm not sure I follow, do you want to hid the textbox when a button is pressed?? If yes, then try using CSS it may be easier that way then using JS... I have not failed; I merely found 100,000 different ways of not succeding...
 
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hi - thanks for your responce - it would be nice to change the text boxs color and make it uneditable. any suggestions?
thanks
 
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this will probably only work in ie, and maybe ns 6 but it does what you want.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN&quot;>

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled</title>
<script>
function formtest() {
document.thisForm.thisTextBox.style.background = &quot;red&quot;
document.thisForm.thisTextBox.unselectable=&quot;On&quot;
}
</script>
</head>

<body>
<form name=&quot;thisForm&quot;>
<input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;thisTextBox&quot; >
</form>

<a href=&quot;javascript:formtest()&quot;>click me</a>


</body>
</html>
 
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Ok, this will change the color of the textbox itself and the changet he color of the font:

<input type=&quot;text&quot; style=&quot;background-color:#000000; color:#FFFFFF;&quot; size=&quot;10&quot; maxlength=&quot;25&quot; readonly>

This will make the background color of the texbox black, the font white and the readonly will do exactly what it says...
Hope this helps...:) I have not failed; I merely found 100,000 different ways of not succeding...
 
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twist, i haven't seen this property (unselectable) yet.. where have you found it?
i used to use
formTextObj.disabled=true & it works (ie & nn6, not nn4x)
we have a faq on this subj :)

faq216-795

it (faq) doesn't tells you how you have to do that, only one of the ways (that i found by that time) & i'm just too lazy now to rewrite it.. may be sometime when i'd have some free time (february?) Victor
 
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thx :)

.................updated.. OK.:))) Victor
 
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Hi Siuk,

I think this is what you want (it only works in IE like twist said):

<script language=&quot;Javascript&quot;>
function distextbox()
{
if (document.myform.CHB1.checked == true)
{
document.myform.T1.disabled = true;
document.myform.T1.style.backgroundColor = '#AAAAAA'
}
else
{
document.myform.T1.disabled = false;
document.myform.T1.style.backgroundColor = '#FFFFFF'
}
}
</script>

<form name=&quot;myform&quot;>
<input type=&quot;checkbox&quot; onmouseup=&quot;javascript:distextbox()&quot; id=&quot;CHB1&quot; name=&quot;CHB1&quot;><br>
<input type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;T1&quot; name=&quot;T1&quot;>
</form>

But you don't say if the textbox must be &quot;clean/empty&quot; if the checkbox is clicked. What if the users first fill the textbox and then click the checkbox?

In that case you can use this function:

<script language=&quot;Javascript&quot;>
function distextbox(FieldName)
{
if (document.myform.T1.value.length >= 1)
{
var FillEmpty = window.confirm('You choose to click the checkbox(and disable the textbox), but the Field &quot;' +FieldName+ '&quot; is filled.\n\nClick OK to empty the field automaticaly.\nClick Cancel keep the text');
if (FillEmpty)
{
{
if (document.myform.CHB1.checked == true)
{
document.myform.T1.disabled = true;
document.myform.T1.style.backgroundColor = '#AAAAAA'
document.myform.T1.value = ''

}
else
{
document.myform.T1.disabled = false;
document.myform.T1.style.backgroundColor = '#FFFFFF'

}
}
}
else
{
document.myform.CHB1.checked = false
}
}
else
{
if (document.myform.CHB1.checked == true)
{
document.myform.T1.disabled = true;
document.myform.T1.style.backgroundColor = '#AAAAAA'
}
else
{
document.myform.T1.disabled = false;
document.myform.T1.style.backgroundColor = '#FFFFFF'
}
}
}
</script>

<form name=&quot;myform&quot;>
<input type=&quot;checkbox&quot; onclick=&quot;javascript:distextbox(document.myform.T1.name)&quot; id=&quot;CHB1&quot; name=&quot;CHB1&quot;><br>
<input type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;T1&quot; name=&quot;T1&quot;>
</form>

Hope this helps,
Erik
 
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