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Disabling form fields
Is it possible to have a radio button in a form and when a certain option is chosen a text box become enabled? I have tried using the disabled option but Netscape does not seem to support this. Also I don't know how you would change the disabled attribute dynamically. With JavaScript??
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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<script>
var fieldenabled = false;
function WriteField(field) {
if (!fieldenabled) {
field.blur();
}
}
function EnableField() {
this.fieldenabled = true;
}
</script>
<form>
<input type="radio" name="myRadio" onClick="EnableField()">
<input type="text" onFocus="WriteField(this)"
</form>
I checked it is NS4 and NS3, but for unknown reason it won't work in NS3. I'll look at it more closely.
var fieldenabled = false;
function WriteField(field) {
if (!fieldenabled) {
field.blur();
}
}
function EnableField() {
this.fieldenabled = true;
}
</script>
<form>
<input type="radio" name="myRadio" onClick="EnableField()">
<input type="text" onFocus="WriteField(this)"
</form>
I checked it is NS4 and NS3, but for unknown reason it won't work in NS3. I'll look at it more closely.
I think sybe's method is better, but using onClick may be causing a problem. I suggest using onFocus instead. Also this will work when they get to the field by tabbing whereas your method will not work for that.
Also you might want to put a:
formname.textbox.value = defaultvalue;
immediately after the blur statement just for good mesure.
-Josh
Also you might want to put a:
formname.textbox.value = defaultvalue;
immediately after the blur statement just for good mesure.
-Josh
the only way to do it is to constantly monitor your form's
radiobutton status and depending on the state, change the value
of the text field to ""
You can add on onEntry/onChange bit of script to the text
field to do this as well.....