ReadOnly DropDown and other HTML controls

[Tiësto]

Hi guys!

Users of the web application I'm working on have said they don't like the
visual effect that DISABLED property sets on controls. You know, the
chiselled style.

So now I have to look forward other kind of solution, so the users cannot
modify the content or selection until I let them. The problem is that there
isn't a common READONLY property for all controls. Actually, only input
type=text will let me use that property. I need to emulate this behavior for
these tags:

CheckBoxes: I found that onclick="return false;" will work, though
it's not what I like.
RadioButtons: Can't get them to work neither with scripts, nor with
properties.
DropDown and ListBoxex (SELECT tag) Any Idea?

If you have passed through this, please drop me a line. Please remember I
can't use disabled property.

Thanks a lot!

 

[Guest]

Can you just turn everything to labels instead of their controls??

 

[bruce barker]

for readonly controls, i render them as literals instead, (with a disabled
style). for checkboxs / radio i output the appropriate gif. if you subclass
the controls its easy to add a readonly property. you can store the values
in viewstate or a hidden field.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)



| Hi guys!
|
| Users of the web application I'm working on have said they don't like the
| visual effect that DISABLED property sets on controls. You know, the
| chiselled style.
|
| So now I have to look forward other kind of solution, so the users cannot
| modify the content or selection until I let them. The problem is that
there
| isn't a common READONLY property for all controls. Actually, only input
| type=text will let me use that property. I need to emulate this behavior
for
| these tags:
|
| CheckBoxes: I found that onclick="return false;" will work, though
| it's not what I like.
| RadioButtons: Can't get them to work neither with scripts, nor with
| properties.
| DropDown and ListBoxex (SELECT tag) Any Idea?
|
| If you have passed through this, please drop me a line. Please remember I
| can't use disabled property.
|
| Thanks a lot!
|
|
|

 

[Tiësto]

I've proposed that approach, but it'd involve an unnacceptable amount of
work, al least for the moment.