Drop Down question

[SeanTyree]

Is there any functionality in the select box widget to support the HTML <option> disabled Attribute as demonstrated here: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_option_disabled.asp?

I have a need to include options in a drop down that are no longer active, but the option needs to exist for historical purposes.

Sean

[negley]

If there isn't, you could always just Javascript to setup the options onload().

Static
getObj('Dropdown1').innerHTML = '<option value="volvo" disabled>Volvo</option<option value="saab">Saab</option><option value="vw">VW</option><option value="audi">Audi</option>';

Dynamic
Assign RPGVAR to a hidden output character field, 200A; create html options in RPG.
getObj('Dropdown1').innerHTML = get('RPGVAR');

-Bill

[Scott Klement]

Rather than replace the innerHTML of the DOM element, why not just set it to disabled?

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getObj("TheDropDown").options[3].disabled = true;

It's true that you'd need to use a hidden field (or similar) from RPG to indicate somehow which options to disable, but that shouldn't be too hard if the drop-down is also loaded from RPG.

[SeanTyree]

Thanks for these suggestions, but the drop-down is loaded via SQL...

I thought there might be some hidden functionality (eg. a hidden second column for disabling options).

Sean