Display the contents of a form field as readonly

Hi all,

I have a profile form in CF4, it works!!!
But I want the username field to be readonly.

in html it would be like....

<input type="text" name="uname" value="<?php echo "$uname"; ?>" size="30" readonly="readonly" />

I tried putting that code into a "Custom Element" and it works but there is no ability for it to have "instructions for users" or "tooltips" to alert the user that it cannot be changed.

How would I address this?

Thanks in advance.

MrFitz

Hi MrFitz,

If it's read-only why do you need tooltips or user help?? just curious.

You can make it read-only using JavaScript. Add an id=uname to the input then

window.addEvent('domready', function() {
$('uname').setProperty('readonly', 'readonly');
});

Bob

Hi Bob,
And thanks...

I wanted the user to know that the USERNAME field was "Not Changeable".

It never dawned on me to use the DOM for this. Thanks for the insight.

MrFitz