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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;
}
}

"Fred K." <> 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"]

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

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