CSS & DHTML question

Lemming · 12-06-2002 11:26AM #1

Hi guys,

I'm trying to get certain elements on a webpage disabled upon initial loading, but if a user picks option "blah" from a select menu, then an element is enabled (input type=text)

problem is that whilst I can enable/disable to my hearts content using dhtml, I can't get elements to start disabled

Here's the offending pieces of code:

[i]** Style Sheet Entry **[/i]

.hours
{
        disabled:               true ;
}

[i]** WebPage **[/i]

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--

function aboutOther(fieldVal, field)
{
   if(fieldVal == 'other')
   {
      document.getElementById(field).disabled = false ;
      document.getElementById(field).value = '' ;
   }
   else
   {
      document.getElementById(field).value = '' ;
      document.getElementById(field).disabled = true ;
   }
}

//-->
<script>

...
...

<input type=text name="textfield" id="otherField" class="hours">

Any thoughts?? :-/

dahamsta · 12-06-2002 11:46AM

Can you just make the form element disabled in the HTML? Or does it have to be CSS based? Alternatively, use onLoad to set the element disabled?

adam

Lemming · 12-06-2002 12:13PM

Originally posted by dahamsta
Can you just make the form element disabled in the HTML? Or does it have to be CSS based? Alternatively, use onLoad to set the element disabled?

adam

Well .. I'd rather keep all of the style control off the html itself and keep it all centralised in a css file. But I'll use onLoad if I have to. Not too bad that way.

thanx dahamsta

Winters · 12-06-2002 06:56PM

Originally posted by Lemming

[i]** WebPage **[/i]

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--

function aboutOther(fieldVal, field)
{
   if(fieldVal == 'other')
   {
.....

why not just use the: <script language="JavaScript"> ?

donaloconnor · 12-06-2002 08:43PM

Originally posted by Lemming

//-->
<script>

Any thoughts?? :-/

Shouldn't u put </script> ?

Lemming · 13-06-2002 11:39PM

Originally posted by donaloconnor

Shouldn't u put </script> ?

Typo

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