Because I want to show the data as part of the form, for reference. I don't want it modified.
In this case, it's an id number and a created date. Neither should be changed, but I want both incorporated into the form. Frank On Mar 2, 12:52 pm, brian <[email protected]> wrote: > Why not just make it hidden? > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:01 AM, FranktheTank > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > @CraigFisher: I ended up going readonly too - using the field as > > disabled was not quite as intuitive as I was hoping. It wasn't any > > harder and selecting it for styling it was easy. > > > @mscdex: I was looking for a generic form related attribute. id would > > be a better example than width, but there's probably an option in the > > options array for setting the id. Perhaps a rel attribute or > > something like that - I can't think if rel is allowed in an input tag, > > but I think you get the idea. > > > Thanks all! > > Frank > > > On Feb 18, 4:05 am, CraigFisher <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I got caught by the phantom data loss: the $data array after POSTing > >> doesn't contain the all the fields from the Model->read; only those > >> that aren't disabled - so if you fail validation, and theformis > >> redisplayed, the data which was originally populated via the Model- > > >> >read will have lost the fields which were disabled. > > >> Readonly and css was the way that I used... otherwise you can't use > >> the 'Input' styling for consistent looks & view code. > > >> -C --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
