Dynamically change the "Readonly" attribute

[arathe]

Hi,

I'd like to synamically change the readonly attribute of a text box using Javascript. I've tried

document.theForm.theObject.readonly=false;

and

document.getElementById('theObject').readonly = false;

but niether seem to work, can anyone help !!

[requestcode]

Have you tried:
document.theForm.theObject.disabled=true to not allow someone to edit a text field and
document.theForm.theObject.disabled=false to enable them to.

[arathe]

Originally posted by requestcode
Have you tried:
document.theForm.theObject.disabled=true to not allow someone to edit a text field and
document.theForm.theObject.disabled=false to enable them to.

Yea, but the disabled atribute means that anything submitted can't be "sucessful", ie isn't passed onto the processing agent, also, i want user's to be able to copy from the box.

Thanks anyway.

[dhtmlgod]

Don't know if this will work, haven't tried it

document.theForm.theObject.readOnly = true
document.theForm.theObject.readOnly = false