make dropdown item as readonly

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HI,
i have a requirement that in datagrid i have a drop down with items "A" "B" "C" and "Others"
so if i click on Others dropdown should be readonly and textbox should appear.

textbox is appearing but dropdown is not appearing as readonly .is this possibe to make dropdown as readonly.please help.

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Srinivasa

Posted 22-Apr-13 12:36pm

srinvas

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Bimal Srivastava · Answer 1 · 2013-04-22T13:52:00

Solution 1

How are you making the text box visible?? If using javascript then use the getElementById to get the DropDown and disable it by setting the disabled attribute

Do it as below:

document.getElementById('<%= DropDownList1.ClientID %>').disabled=false;

Hope it helps :)

Posted 22-Apr-13 13:52pm

Bimal Srivastava