How to make TextArea Uneditable?

I don't think that this is possible, isn't the whole point of a textarea box so you can edit it?

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TomWorld

Tom Knight, not in some cases. I know I have a script where I would rather have the textbox uneditable.

For instance, if a site had a textarea that had html code to link to there site, it would be better if the textarea was uneditable.

Anyhow, Lynn, if you find an answer for this somewhere else, it would be great if you could post the code here.
Thanks.

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Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

That's a very useful application of a textarea but the original intent was for use in a form, right?

Just commenting, not offering help or something useful like that.

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jinkies

You can use this:

But I'm not quite sure this is what you want.

Jack

robp, I suppose you've got a point

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TomWorld

Hi,

At my site I a Locked Fields script that demonstrates 2 ways of disabling edits (neither one uses MS's proprietary property for locking) One uses an onmouseover=alert; the other. onfocus http://members.aol.com/grassblad

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Another way of doing it, is to have the text in the textarea box to refresh itself every second. Put the following script in the head section

code:

<script language="JavaScript">
<!-- hidden
 function noEdit()
  {
   document.formName.dontEditMe.value="This text should be uneditable"

   setTimeout('noEdit()',1000)
  }
//-->
</script>
[/code]

Then in the body section:

code:
<form name="formName">
<textarea rows="10" cols="60" name="dontEditMe"></textarea>
</form>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
noEdit();
//-->
</script>[/code]



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TomWorld 

Hi,

The refresh probably would work (never tried it, though) but it would screw up any of the other variables and already clicked-on elements on the page.
Then again, that does give new meaning to maintaining state.

Vinny http://members.aol.com/grassblad

The refresh works by only refreshing what is in the textarea box, it doesn't refresh the entire page, so any other variables would be fine.

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TomWorld

Sorry Tom

hate wearing glasses to read from screen, so I never read the code (too small for my eyes).

Vinny http://members.aol.com/grassblad

...or just put disable in the input tag
(works in IE only)

code:

<input name="form" disable>[/code]
JP 

Yes, but with 'disabled' in the tag everything turns gray. And I think some people might not want that to happen.

Jack

true, in that case the onFocus is your best bet.
JP