:readonly => true was the perfect solution for this problem! Thanks! For future readers' reference, the text_field now looks like this:
<%= text_field "invoice", "due_date", :readonly => true, :class => 'textbox' %> This allows the visitor to see the field's content, but not edit it. On Mar 20, 9:02 pm, Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroe...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Joshua Martin <josmar52...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The text_field should be disabled so that the user can't put it a > > random date without regard to the terms or invoice date. > > > However, adding the :disabled attribute to the text_field, or adding > > the disabled attribute via JQuery results in the value not being saved > > when the invoice is created. > > > How can I make the value of the disabled text_field be recorded during > > the @invoice.save? > > You can't because, by definition, a disabled control cannot be > successful: > > <http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#adef-disabled> > > What you probably want to use is "readonly", defined immediately > following the above entry... > > -- > Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroe...@gmail.com > twitter: @hassan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
