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#1 2005-06-27 07:43:20
Forms problem: removeAttribute("readonly")
Hello,
does anybody know how to dynamically change a readonly attribute in IE?
I've tried object.readonly=false, object.removeAttribute("readonly"),
object.setAttribute("readonly",false),
but in IE 6.0 they don't do anything or produce any errors either.
Udo Schmal (Gocher)
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#2 2005-06-27 11:02:48
Re: Forms problem: removeAttribute("readonly")
Hello gocher, in case you dont get my mail quick enough (i have qmail issues 
) , here is what i found. Hope it helps you
The trick seems to be in the uppercase O in the object.readOnly 
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title></title>
<script>
function on() {
var el = document.getElementById('abc');
// el.removeAttribute("readonly");
el.readOnly = true;
}
function off() {
var el = document.getElementById('abc');
// el.setAttribute("readonly",true);
el.readOnly = false;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="text" id="abc" value="AZERTYUIOP" readonly="readonly">
<input type="button" onclick="on();" value="readOnly = true">
<input type="button" onclick="off();" value="readOnly = false">
</form>
</body>
</html>Offline