I have an textfield and when there is a value in that field and in edit mode, I need to disable it because a few other people will be using the same webform and the client doesn't want other people to edit the data.

I tried JQuery and that created its own problems.

So I figured that I could do this:
$form['submitted']['participants_1']['first_name_1']['#webform_component']['extra']['disabled']=1;
Then print drupal_render($form['submitted']['participants_1']['first_name_1']);
But the textfield is still editable.

What am I missing here?

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quicksketch’s picture

quicksketch
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You're going too far into the array:

$form['submitted']['participants_1']['first_name_1']['#disabled'] = TRUE;

However such a change will make it so that the browser will not submit that field, effectively erasing the contents when the submission is saved. I'd suggest using #readonly instead, but either solution is not actually secure since users can easily re-enable the field with Firebug.

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gwlangie commented

The result of disabling the field was deleting the contents of the field. That explains why jquery didn't work either.

I understand the firebug issue. I won't be dealing with people with that much computer experience so I'm not worried about people using something like firebug and enabling the field.

Thanks Quicksketch.

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Status: Active » Fixed
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gwlangie commented
Status: Fixed » Active

Just to follow up. Setting the field to #readonly didn't work but you did send me in the right direction. Using JQuery, I set the field to readonly and that solved my problem.

$form['submitted']['participants_1']['first_name_1']['#readonly'] = TRUE;

and this did:
$('#edit-submitted-participants-1-first-name-1').attr('readOnly', true);

thanks for the help

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Status: Active » Closed (fixed)