https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disabling-the-edit-of-a-pre-filled-field Gravity Support Forums Topic: Disabling the edit of a pre filled field en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 05:21:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disabling-the-edit-of-a-pre-filled-field#post-33746 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:10:12 +0000 Chris Hajer 33746@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Video tutorials are something that's on the short list of things to do. They will probably be created for version 1.6. Thanks for the suggestion. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disabling-the-edit-of-a-pre-filled-field#post-33745 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:23:41 +0000 FanaticWeb 33745@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Much appreciated Chris and thanks, really wished there were video tutorials for the less advanced users such as myself, easier to absorb and understand.</p> <p>I had one more inquiry about publishing conditional based content but I'll post it elsewhere given its not relevant to this topic. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disabling-the-edit-of-a-pre-filled-field#post-33744 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:19:18 +0000 Chris Hajer 33744@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>If you need more help please post. We're happy to assist. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disabling-the-edit-of-a-pre-filled-field#post-33740 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:13:51 +0000 FanaticWeb 33740@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thats actually what I ended up doing before posting here (hiding the fields), although now I realized that the files to modify are the XML files generated by the forms, so I guess adding a read only tag to specific fields will do the job, I'll follow through the thread you posted..</p> <p>I was just missing the whereabouts to do the modifications, thats all :) </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disabling-the-edit-of-a-pre-filled-field#post-33733 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:17:43 +0000 Chris Hajer 33733@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You can hide fields that are pre-filled if you want, using this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/hide-field-only-if-prepopulated" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/hide-field-only-if-prepopulated</a></p> <p>The visitor would never see them in that case, and would most likely not edit them, and they would be stored in the database. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disabling-the-edit-of-a-pre-filled-field#post-33728 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:33:13 +0000 FanaticWeb 33728@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>By the way, I had already posted this concern on this thread: <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/terms-and-conditions-text-record-in-form-entries-database" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/terms-and-conditions-text-record-in-form-entries-database</a> yet no answer, if possible to clarify the steps for your newbs pls. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disabling-the-edit-of-a-pre-filled-field#post-33727 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:30:26 +0000 FanaticWeb 33727@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Chris, where do we insert those codes? In what GF files? Can we create "hooks" or however you call them to make other fields read-only?</p> <p>Let's say I'm using a simple basic "post an article" form, I got the username and email field pre-filled for registered members so thats fine so far, how do we go by making those 2 fields read-only? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disabling-the-edit-of-a-pre-filled-field#post-32350 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:19:06 +0000 Chris Hajer 32350@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Here is a simple way to make the element "read only" with jQuery:</p> <p><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1362153/how-can-i-use-jquery-to-make-an-input-readonly" rel="nofollow">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1362153/how-can-i-use-jquery-to-make-an-input-readonly</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disabling-the-edit-of-a-pre-filled-field#post-32349 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:15:16 +0000 Chris Hajer 32349@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You just want them to verify the value that's there, but not be able to change it? Will the URL need to be submitted with the form? Do they check a box that says "I agree this is the correct value"? How about if the value is incorrect? What should they do in that case?</p> <p>Do you have a link to this form in action now? I'd like to see how you're using it. Thanks. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disabling-the-edit-of-a-pre-filled-field#post-32336 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:58:30 +0000 mharding7va 32336@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>How do I prevent the user from editing a pre filled field. I am pre filling it from a URL var for the user to verify. I don't want to let them change the value. </p>