Disabled select list not posting content. 1

[1DMF]

Hi,

It's not a biggie this one and maybe the standards define it to work this way but it would be nice if I could do it.

I have a form which I read the URL get var and use JS to auto-select the relative product from the previous page.

All works grand, I then disable the select list(as readonly doesn't work) so the user doesn't then accidently change the option. The form doubles up as a generic form and also I want it to degrade nicely when JS is switched off.

Everything works fine, except when the form is submitted, the content of the select list doesn't seem to get posted to the server.

If a select list has an item selected but the controll is disabled, is this normal behaviour for the data to not be posted?

if disabled will not allow the content to be posted , is there another attribute I could use instead?

regards,

1DMF



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[ChrisHirst]

enable it on submit.
or
put the same value into a hidden field.



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[1DMF]

unfortunately using a hidden field would break completely if JS was switched off, i'd already concidered that option!

but of course, enable it on submit, it would only get disabled if JS was switched on anyhow, so that would do the job.

Sometimes the answer is so obvious its blinding!

Cheers Chris.

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