Make HtmlTextArea Readonly on the fly

[Michael SL]

I have a text area in which I have a client side javascript to process a "onclick". Because it is client side, I used a HtmlTextArea

<TextArea id="Summary" onmouseup="SumM ouseUp()" style="WIDTH: 90%" name="Summary" rows="25" runat="server" /

Depending on the circumstance the user can sometimes edit the contents and at other time they cannot. There is a readonly parameter I can use at definition time

<TextArea id="Summary" onmouseup="SumM ouseUp()" style="WIDTH: 90%" name="Summary" rows="25" runat="server" readonly /

but this is not "readonly=t rue" it is only "readonly" and in my VB codebehind I cannot set it

I tried using Summary.Disable d = True in the codebehind but this does not give me what I need since I have a "find" operation and when the textarea is disabled the user cannot see what is selected

How can I set this HtmlTextArea to ReadOnly on the fly (i.e., in the CodeBehind

[Martin Dechev]

Hi, Michael SL,

Supposing your identifier for the textarea in the Page class is textarea1
you will be able to set the readonly property in the following way:

[C#]
//set it
textarea1.Attri butes["readonly"] = "readonly";
//reset it
textarea1.Attri butes.Remove("r eadonly");

[VB.NET]
'set it
textarea1.Attri butes("readonly ") = "readonly"
'reset it
textarea1.Attri butes.Remove("r eadonly")

Hope this helps
Martin
"Michael SL" <mi************ *****@compuware .com> wrote in message
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I have a text area in which I have a client side javascript to process a "onclick". Because it is client side, I used a HtmlTextArea:
<TextArea id="Summary" onmouseup="SumM ouseUp()" style="WIDTH: 90%" name="Summary" rows="25" runat="server" />
Depending on the circumstance the user can sometimes edit the contents and at other time they cannot. There is a readonly parameter I can use at
definition time:
<TextArea id="Summary" onmouseup="SumM ouseUp()" style="WIDTH: 90%" name="Summary" rows="25" runat="server" readonly />
but this is not "readonly=t rue" it is only "readonly" and in my VB codebehind I cannot set it.
I tried using Summary.Disable d = True in the codebehind but this does not give me what I need since I have a "find" operation and when the textarea is
disabled the user cannot see what is selected.
How can I set this HtmlTextArea to ReadOnly on the fly (i.e., in the CodeBehind)

[Teemu Keiski]

Hi,

you can set the readonly attribute in codebehind by:

this.Summary.At tributes["readonly"]="readonly";

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Teemu Keiski
MCP, Microsoft MVP (ASP.NET), AspInsiders member
ASP.NET Forum Moderator, AspAlliance Columnist
"Michael SL" <mi************ *****@compuware .com> wrote in message
news:D5******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
I have a text area in which I have a client side javascript to process a
"onclick". Because it is client side, I used a HtmlTextArea:

<TextArea id="Summary" onmouseup="SumM ouseUp()" style="WIDTH: 90%"
name="Summary" rows="25" runat="server" />

Depending on the circumstance the user can sometimes edit the contents and
at other time they cannot. There is a readonly parameter I can use at
definition time:

<TextArea id="Summary" onmouseup="SumM ouseUp()" style="WIDTH: 90%"
name="Summary" rows="25" runat="server" readonly />

but this is not "readonly=t rue" it is only "readonly" and in my VB
codebehind I cannot set it.

I tried using Summary.Disable d = True in the codebehind but this does not
give me what I need since I have a "find" operation and when the textarea is
disabled the user cannot see what is selected.

How can I set this HtmlTextArea to ReadOnly on the fly (i.e., in the
CodeBehind)

[Michael SL]

Marti

This works perfectly. Thank you very much

Michae

----- Martin Dechev wrote: ----

Hi, Michael SL

Supposing your identifier for the textarea in the Page class is textarea
you will be able to set the readonly property in the following way

[C#
//set i
textarea1.Attri butes["readonly"] = "readonly"
//reset i
textarea1.Attri butes.Remove("r eadonly")

[VB.NET
'set i
textarea1.Attri butes("readonly ") = "readonly
'reset i
textarea1.Attri butes.Remove("r eadonly"

Hope this help
Marti
"Michael SL" <mi************ *****@compuware .com> wrote in messag
news:D5******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com..

I have a text area in which I have a client side javascript to process "onclick". Because it is client side, I used a HtmlTextArea

<TextArea id="Summary" onmouseup="SumM ouseUp()" style="WIDTH: 90% name="Summary" rows="25" runat="server" />>> Depending on the circumstance the user can sometimes edit the contents an
at other time they cannot. There is a readonly parameter I can use a
definition time<TextArea id="Summary" onmouseup="SumM ouseUp()" style="WIDTH: 90% name="Summary" rows="25" runat="server" readonly />>> but this is not "readonly=t rue" it is only "readonly" and in my V
codebehind I cannot set it I tried using Summary.Disable d = True in the codebehind but this does no give me what I need since I have a "find" operation and when the textarea i
disabled the user cannot see what is selected How can I set this HtmlTextArea to ReadOnly on the fly (i.e., in th

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