Form Checkbox Question

[TonyRosen]

I am creating a form with 7 checkbox fields. One of the checkbox fields needs to be checked, disabled, and still send the result. For example:

<form>
<input type=&quot;checkbox&quot; value=&quot;checked&quot;> Field Checked
</form>

How do I disable that but still get the &quot;checked&quot; value?

 

[Nevermoor]

<input type=&quot;checkbox&quot; name=&quot;XXXXX&quot; checked disabled>

 

[TruthInSatire]

I don't think disabled items are submitted. if you know the item is going to be checked, just do whatever you would do, normaly on the action page, only manualy add the field's value to the list.

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[Nevermoor]

I guess the basic point is that if you are disabling it you have to already know whether it is checked or not since there is by definition no user input.

However you determine that, just store the value in a hidden field that you can submit along.

 

[TonyRosen]

Oddly enough ... that makes sense ... I was over-thinking the problem.

 

[Funka]

or, &quot;re-enable&quot; the input(s) just prior to submitting the form so that they get sent. you could do this for just the few inputs you have on the page, e.g.,

  myFormName.myInputName.disabled = false;

or, loop through all elements on the page and just enable everything, if you have a lot of these...

  var f = document.forms['myFormName'];
  var e;
  for (var i=0; i<f.length; i++) {
    e=f.elements[i];  
    e.disabled = false;
  }

put this all into a function that gets called by the form's &quot;onSubmit&quot; event...

good luck!