Re: Checkbox

On Wednesday 26 March 2003 01:43 pm, CPT John W. Holmes wrote: > > is it possible to have a checkbox that if it is specified to be checked > > when the page is being formulated then it cannot be unchecked? > > No. No... No. > > If you already know you don't want it to be unchecked, then don't show a > checkbox. That's why we have PHP, so you can create your page DYNAMICALLY > and not show bits and pieces when you don't need to. Although that is theoretically correct, there can be some reason why one would want to display a checkbox anyway. Sometimes it can be clearer for the user to see the GUI, asthetic reason, etc, etc. > There are plenty of JavaScript or other workarounds you can do, but you > still need to verify _everything_ on the server side and don't accept any > changed value. Of course, that's obvious. I see the question from the user interface point of view. Functionally, the javascript doesn't do anything, except give the original poster what he wants. RDB -- ------------------------------------------------- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign against HTML \ / email and proprietary format X attachments. / \ ------------------------------------------------- Have you been used by Microsoft today? Choose your life. Choose freedom. Choose LINUX. -------------------------------------------------