Making input read-only

[D. Alvarado]

How do I make an input type="text" field read only for pages meant for
display on IE 5+ and Netscape 6+?

Thanks - Dave

[Kris]

In article <9f**************************@posting.google.com >,
la***********@zipmail.com (D. Alvarado) wrote:

How do I make an input type="text" field read only for pages meant for
display on IE 5+ and Netscape 6+?

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

Putting the text as normal text inside the document, rather than an
INPUT, would make it more rigid though. Imagine the READONLY attribute
is not supported..

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Kris
kr*******@xs4all.netherlands (nl)

[Anne van Kesteren]

D. Alvarado wrote:

How do I make an input type="text" field read only for pages meant for
display on IE 5+ and Netscape 6+?

Thanks - Dave

<input type="text" value="Not editable" disabled="disabled"/> (XHTML)

OR:

<input type="text" value="Not editable" disabled> (HTML)

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Anne van Kesteren
<http://www.annevankesteren.nl/>

[Kris]

In article <bt**********@reader08.wxs.nl>,
Anne van Kesteren <ma**@annevankesteren.nl> wrote:

How do I make an input type="text" field read only for pages meant for
display on IE 5+ and Netscape 6+?

Thanks - Dave

<input type="text" value="Not editable" disabled="disabled"/> (XHTML)

OR:

<input type="text" value="Not editable" disabled> (HTML)

Hmm... was I wrong with my READONLY attribute? Guess it is back to
school for me.

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Kris
kr*******@xs4all.netherlands (nl)

[Martin Honnen]

Kris wrote:

In article <bt**********@reader08.wxs.nl>,
Anne van Kesteren <ma**@annevankesteren.nl> wrote:

How do I make an input type="text" field read only for pages meant for
display on IE 5+ and Netscape 6+?

Thanks - Dave

<input type="text" value="Not editable" disabled="disabled"/> (XHTML)

OR:

<input type="text" value="Not editable" disabled> (HTML)

Hmm... was I wrong with my READONLY attribute?

No, if the input is meant to be submitted then readonly is the proper way
<input type="text"
name="inputName"
value="whatever"
readonly>
A disabled control doesn't take part in form submission:
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/...html#h-17.13.2
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Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Anne van Kesteren]

Kris wrote:

Hmm... was I wrong with my READONLY attribute? Guess it is back to
school for me.

I think I'm the one still at school and you're the one with the
experience :-)

<http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#adef-readonly>

(this was pointed out by the other comment as well)

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Anne van Kesteren
<http://www.annevankesteren.nl/>

[Safalra]

Kris <kr*******@xs4all.netherlands> wrote in message news:<kr*****************************@news1.news.x s4all.nl>...

In article <bt**********@reader08.wxs.nl>,
Anne van Kesteren <ma**@annevankesteren.nl> wrote:

How do I make an input type="text" field read only for pages meant for
display on IE 5+ and Netscape 6+?

<input type="text" value="Not editable" disabled> (HTML)

Hmm... was I wrong with my READONLY attribute? Guess it is back to
school for me.

The specification explains the difference:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/...#adef-disabled
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/...#adef-readonly

The values for 'disabled' controls are not submitted with the form
data set, whereas values for 'readonly' controls are.

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