Q: how to set the readonly attribute to false (IE and Moz)

[Fred K.]

Hi,

I have form text fields that have the attribute readonly. I wish to
use a javascript (invoked by a button on my page) to erase the values
and set
the readonly attribute to false. How do I do this?

Here's what I have that is not working with respect to setting
readonly to false:
function nsfields ( bDefaults ) {

if ( bDefaults == "Yes" ) {
// insert the default values in the fields
document.form1.ns1_hostname.value = 'foo.foobar.com';
document.form1.ns1_hostname.readonly = 'readonly';

} else {
// Blank the fields
document.form1.ns1_hostname.value = '';
document.form1.ns1_hostname.readonly = false;
}
}

[Vjekoslav Begovic]

"Fred K." <fr*******@yahoo.com> wrote:

Here's what I have that is not working with respect to setting
readonly to false:
<snip>
document.form1.ns1_hostname.readonly = false;

Use: document.form1.ns1_hostname.readOnly = false;
^
Note the case.

And, BTW, it is safer to write:

document.forms["form1"].elements["ns1_hostname"]

[DU]

Fred K. wrote:

Hi,

I have form text fields that have the attribute readonly. I wish to
use a javascript (invoked by a button on my page) to erase the values
and set
the readonly attribute to false. How do I do this?

Here's what I have that is not working with respect to setting
readonly to false:
function nsfields ( bDefaults ) {

if ( bDefaults == "Yes" ) {
// insert the default values in the fields
document.form1.ns1_hostname.value = 'foo.foobar.com';
document.form1.ns1_hostname.readonly = 'readonly';

} else {
// Blank the fields
document.form1.ns1_hostname.value = '';
document.form1.ns1_hostname.readonly = false;
}
}

http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTM...ml#ID-88461592
but
http://www.robinlionheart.com/stds/h...only_text_only

DU