How to make an TextItem as readonly

[kodanhunt]

Can anyone tell me, how to set the readonly property to a TextItem in SmartGwt??

Thanks & Regards,
Kothandaraman N.

[mhulsman]

TextItem.setDisabled(true);

[gavrikvetal]

There is the better way

 ...
 readOnly(textItem.getName());
 ...


   private static native void readOnly(String objectName) /*-{
     if (objectName == null) {
       return;
     }
     
     if ($wnd.document.getElementsByName(objectName) == null) {
       return;
     }	  
     var textField = $wnd.document.getElementsByName(objectName)[0];
   	textField.setAttribute("readOnly","true");
   }-*/;

but note there is no effect in case you try to set read only if textItem is not rendered

i use next code to set textItem as read only after a bit of time

   private static ArrayList<String> fieldNames = new ArrayList<String>();

   private static Timer setReadOnlyTimer = new Timer()
   {

      @Override
      public void run()
      {
         for (String fieldName : fieldNames)
         {
            try
            {
               readOnly(fieldName);
            }
            catch (Exception exc)
            {
               exc.printStackTrace();
            }
         }

         fieldNames.clear();
      }

   };

   public static void setAsReadOnly(String fieldName)
   {
      fieldNames.add(fieldName);
      setReadOnlyTimer.schedule(500);
   }

then you use

setAsReadOnly(String fieldName)

instead

[kodanhunt]

Setting up read-only property for TextItem

There is the better way

 ...
 readOnly(textItem.getName());
 ...


   private static native void readOnly(String objectName) /*-{
     if (objectName == null) {
       return;
     }
     
     if ($wnd.document.getElementsByName(objectName) == null) {
       return;
     }	  
     var textField = $wnd.document.getElementsByName(objectName)[0];
   	textField.setAttribute("readOnly","true");
   }-*/;

but note there is no effect in case you try to set read only if textItem is not rendered

i use next code to set textItem as read only after a bit of time

   private static ArrayList<String> fieldNames = new ArrayList<String>();

   private static Timer setReadOnlyTimer = new Timer()
   {

      @Override
      public void run()
      {
         for (String fieldName : fieldNames)
         {
            try
            {
               readOnly(fieldName);
            }
            catch (Exception exc)
            {
               exc.printStackTrace();
            }
         }

         fieldNames.clear();
      }

   };

   public static void setAsReadOnly(String fieldName)
   {
      fieldNames.add(fieldName);
      setReadOnlyTimer.schedule(500);
   }

then you use

setAsReadOnly(String fieldName)

instead

Hi,

Sorry, both of your code is not working in my program.

Can you tell me, how to set the CSS property of TextItem?

Can we use

TextItemObject.setTextBoxStyle("read-only: true;");

or else

TextItemObject.setCellStyle("read-only: true;");

Thanks,
Kodan.

[gavrikvetal]

i don't understand why they don't work.
i set property to html tag ( not css style )

are you have any errors in developer console ?

[kodanhunt]

Setting up read-only property for TextItem

i don't understand why they don't work.
i set property to html tag ( not css style )

are you have any errors in developer console ?

No, I'm not getting any exceptions in developers console. But the code is not having any effect.

[levi]

You need to redraw the form to see the new visual state:

for (FormItem field : form.getFields()) {
  field.setAttribute("readOnly", true);
}
form.markForRedraw();

[kodanhunt]

I didn't get solution till now for setting a text item as read only. Can anyone please let me know this??

[BharathiRajendran]

textitem.setAttribute("readOnly","true"); or
textitem.setAttribute("readOnly",true);


Can you try this and let us know if it still does not have any effect?

[kodanhunt]

textitem.setAttribute("readOnly","true"); or
textitem.setAttribute("readOnly",true);


Can you try this and let us know if it still does not have any effect?

Hi Bharathi Rajendran,

textitem.setAttribute("readOnly",true);

has worked fine. Thanks alot..

[bubus_company]

the textitem.setAttribute("readOnly",true); has worked up to 2.5.
With the 3.0 release it doesn't produce any effect.

[LHG]

the textitem.setAttribute("readOnly",true); has worked up to 2.5.
With the 3.0 release it doesn't produce any effect.

I have the same problem...

[LHG]

the textitem.setAttribute("readOnly",true); has worked up to 2.5.
With the 3.0 release it doesn't produce any effect.

I found this method from the API:FormItem.setCanEdit(Boolean canEdit)

[dr_showtime]

I found this method from the API:FormItem.setCanEdit(Boolean canEdit)

when the textitem have a icon button ,setCanEdit(false); the icon button disabled
any other good idea?

[MikeSam]

when the textitem have a icon button ,setCanEdit(false); the icon button disabled
any other good idea?

I have same problem. Can't make readonly TextItem with Picker icon.