make all <input taqs readonly

[blexman]

How can I make all elements of a form readonly without having to do it on each input tag ?

thanks
hanton

 

[onpnt]

not sure but readonly may be a attribute you can use via style sheet
suedocode
INPUT {
readonly
}

I'll check it out but you might want to give it atry.
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[blexman]

Yes I think you can do that...but I would like to dot some think like this..

<form namd=form1 action=&quot;x.asp&quot; <%if confirmation then 'set all input tags to readonly'%> <%end if%>>

 

[Tarwn]

How about looping through all the input tags on the page in one easy function?

function disableAll(){
	for(var i = 0;i < document.getElementsByTagName(&quot;input&quot;).length;i++){ 
		document.getElementsByTagName(&quot;input&quot;)[i].disabled = true;
	}
}

Basically loop through the entire count of inputs, setting each one to disabled. Be aware this also will disable submit inputs and that disabled inputs do not get passed in the form collection.

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[adam0101]

If you wanted to disable ALL form elements, you could place a div containing a transparent gif on top of all the elements.

<div style=&quot;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:9999;position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px;&quot;>
<img src=&quot;images/clear.gif&quot; height=&quot;100%&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; />
</div>