Re: Quickform - clientside disabling of form elements

<sfisk@quantiv.com> wrote : >> That's javascript. Just add a javascript disabler function into your > template or as a >static element. If the function is called 'disableDate()', > then add an 'onclick' => >'disableDate()' attribute to your radio > element: > >> $radio =& HTML_QuickForm::createElement('radio', 'current', null, > array('onclick' => >'disableDate();')); > >> In disableDate(), you need to check if the radio is checked or not and > accordingly >disable the date element. Elements in forms have properties > that can be accessed with >javascript, check them out to see which one you > have to change. I am not sure onclick >is the right event to call though. > > Hi there > > I'd kind of got to that point already - I'm having trouble because the > select boxes for the dates are an array of values in Javascript - I can't > seem to get at the array of values to say: > > document.entryForm.dateStopped.d.disabled = true > > This has no effect on the form at all. > > I know this is seeming to ask about JavaScript and not php but anybody done > this? I can't seem to do it because I don't know how quickform was designed > to work with JavaScript. Form element name like date[Y] is valid javascript and is by no way considered as an array in javascript. Just think about them as is they were a string because [ and ] are accepted in javascript variable names just like underscores. HTH Bertrand Mansion Mamasam