- From: Christian Schmidt <whatwg.org@chsc.dk>
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:10:00 +0200
Jorgen Horstink skrev: >>A use case may a form that is designed for users with write permissions. >> >>I may want to use the same form to present the data to users with >>read-only permissions. This could be accomplished by setting the >>disabled attribute on the form. This would make all data visible but >>readonly. >> >> [...] > > Disabled attributes are not successful and won't be processed when the user > submits the form. Secondly disabled form elements do not receive focus and are > skipped in tabbing navigation. In this use case those elements should be > processed when the user submits the form (is this true?). The read-only user shouldn't be able to submit the form at all (in this case I assume that form submission is a write action). So whether they are successful or not is not important, because the form is never submitted. > Disabled applies to > all elements except a few. Readonly does not nearly apply to all form elements; > radio buttons, checkboxes, file uploads etc. are excluded. In this use case, the user shouldn't be able to enter use the file upload or change the state of radio buttons or checkboxes. I has been argued elsewhere on this mailinglist that radio buttons and checkboxes should not have a readonly state, so that only leaves the disabled state. I guess it would make the most sense if the whole form acted as if it were disabled, but looked as if it were readonly. Christian
Received on Monday, 19 September 2005 14:10:00 UTC