Making a page readonly

[Max Habibi]

I need a bit of javascript that will make every editable field on a page read only, except one. I would prefer not to enumerate through each field and explicitly make it read only. Any suggestions are welcome.
All best,
M, author
The Sun Certified Java Developer Exam with J2SE 1.4

[Eric Pascarello]

you just need to specify which form element you do not want to diable. You need to remove the _ from on_load
<script>
function LoadIt(){
for(i=0;i<document.forms.length;i++){
for(j=0;j<document.forms[i].elements.length;j++){
document.forms[i].elements[j].disabled='true';
}
}
document.FormName.ElementName.disabled=false; //Place element here
}
window.on_load=LoadIt;
</script>
Hope this helps
Eric

[Max Habibi]

Thanks Eric,
Unfortunately, It's a bit of a hassle to disable the form elements, because then I would need to enable them again right before submitting(I'm working with Struts). Is there any way to intercept the clicks and tab events, and simply swallow them if they happen to be for any field other then the one I want?
All best,
M, author
The Sun Certified Java Developer Exam with J2SE 1.4

[Eric Pascarello]

What I would do is this method I have shown which I changed below with a form submit. This method is the way I perfer since I do not have to put a functions to every form element on the page. Again move the _ from on_click and on_load.
<script>
function LoadIt(how){
for(i=0;i<document.forms.length;i++){
for(j=0;j<document.forms[i].elements.length;j++){
document.forms[i].elements[j].disabled=how;
}
}
if(how){
document.FormName.ElementName.disabled=false; //Place element here to be enabled
document.FormName.FS.disabled=false;
}
else{document.FormName.submit();}
}
function StartIt(){LoadIt('true');}
window.on_load=StartIt
</script>
<input type="button" value="Submit" Name="FS" on_click="LoadIt('false')>
or if you really want too it can be done like this. It works well and does not give the disabled look to the elements, but you need to add a tag to every element.

<script>
var Dissed=true;
function WatchIt(XX){
if(Dissed)XX.blur();
}
</script>
<input type="text" name="T1" value="A1">
<input type="text" name="T2" value="A1" onfocus="WatchIt(this)">
<input type="text" name="T3" value="A1" onfocus="WatchIt(this)">

And if for some reason you want the form elements to be enabled, all you need to do is set Dissed=false;
Eric

[Max Habibi]

Thank you Eric, that's very helpful.
All best,
M, author
The Sun Certified Java Developer Exam with J2SE 1.4