Question

Here is how I create the textbox:

box = document.createElement("input");

Here is how I change the text:

box.setAttribute('value',myString);

However, each text-box becomes permanently unresponsive to the above code does after I edit it (in firefox, even clicking on it causes this).

Also, I would like to prevent the user form editing the value sometimes:

box.setAttribute('readonly','true');

But this also causes the boxes to lock permanently from the program trying to edit them; box.setAttribute(‘readonly’,’false’) doesn’t undo the lock.

Answer 1

You should use box.value = myString and box.readOnly = false. Node attributes are always strings and if you want to remove one you need to use element.removeAttribute('atribute_name').