Just be wary that not all browsers will honor the readonly flag (Netscape 4 for example).
In looking at this I found a tutorial at http://www.estek.net/estek/idocs/forms/_INPUT_DISABLED.html . I tested it in IE 6, NS 7.02 and Opera 7. None of these browsers prevented me from checking and unchecking the box. Only the DISABLED flag does. Readonly apparently prevents the user from altering the value of the input field. -----Original Message----- From: Tim Burden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 11:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Checkbox Just using the readonly flag in the input tag is the easiest method, I think. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reuben D. Budiardja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: php.general To: "CPT John W. Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "shaun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Checkbox On Wednesday 26 March 2003 02:11 pm, CPT John W. Holmes wrote: > >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. > True. In that case, though, I would just show an image of a checked check > box. The end result will be the same to the user, they will just think it's > a checkbox they cannot uncheck. But isn't it so much easier to type in that one line HTML + javascript than trying to get an image of a checked check box...... unless you have that handy, you'd have to eg. take a snapshot, or draw something, then save the file as an image file.......hmm... and as you said, the effect will be the same to the user anyway.... RDB -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
