changing input.type error with IE

[vastaso]

Ciao, I have an hidden field and I want make it visible, setting its "type"
to "text" from a popup window.
I'm using this code:
window.opener.document.forms['formInsegnamenti'].elements['giorni_1'].type
='text';

it works fine in Mozilla but fails in Internet Explorer 6.

Any ideas?
Thanks

[Michael Winter]

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:49:53 +0100, vastaso <va*****@hjjh.it> wrote:

Ciao, I have an hidden field and I want make it visible, setting its
"type"
[snip]
it works fine in Mozilla but fails in Internet Explorer 6.

Microsoft have taken the liberty of making the type property read-only[1].
It would be a better idea to hide the element when the document loads
using the style object, then making it visible later.

When the document loads:

var elemRef = ...;

if(elemRef && elemRef.style) {
elemRef.style.visibility = 'hidden'; // or .display = 'none';
}
When you want to show the element:

var elemRef = ...;

if(elemRef && elemRef.style) {
elemRef.style.visibility = ''; // or .display = '';
}

Hope that helps,
Mike
[1] Well, it can be written to once, but only it the element in question
has just been created with a document.createElement call.

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[vastaso]

"Michael Winter" <M.******@blueyonder.co.invalid> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:opsfvao4fxx13kvk@atlantis...

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:49:53 +0100, vastaso <va*****@hjjh.it> wrote:

When the document loads:

var elemRef = ...;

if(elemRef && elemRef.style) {
elemRef.style.visibility = 'hidden'; // or .display = 'none';
}
When you want to show the element:

var elemRef = ...;

if(elemRef && elemRef.style) {
elemRef.style.visibility = ''; // or .display = '';
}

Hope that helps,
Mike

Oh YES! It helps!!
Thank you very much