disabling form input elements

[Bill]

Hi.

Is there any way to make form input elements inactive, ie to disable them?

I've seen such a thing in VB but can't find anything in HTML/Javascript
references.

Thanks.

 

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Is there any way to make form input elements inactive, ie to disable them?

There are different ways, depending on what you mean by disable:

formElem.disabled = true;

Setting it "disabled" means that you can't use it (edit text, click
button), and it isn't sent when the form is submitted.

formElem.readOnly = true;

A text (input/textarea) can be set readOnly. Then it just can't be
changed, but is still submitted.

I've seen such a thing in VB but can't find anything in HTML/Javascript
references.

What did you write in VB?

/L