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7 years 3 months ago #163137 by mascarpone
Freeze a text field once it's been answered/saved was created by mascarpone
Hi Folks!

I would like to know whether it is possible to "freeze" a text field (or any answer field really) once it's been answered - by greying it out for example?

Has anybody faced this?

Cheers ;)
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7 years 3 months ago #163140 by holch
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Could you be a little bit more specific?

If you don't allow to go back, then people can't change the text field, so it is frozen.

Now, if people can go back, then they can change the field. In this case: When do you consider the field "filled"? When should the field be frozen? When people move to the next page?
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7 years 3 months ago - 7 years 3 months ago #163141 by mascarpone
Replied by mascarpone on topic Freeze a text field once it's been answered/saved
Exactly holch, users could edit these fields as much as they want until they move to the next page/save the results in the DB. Then on, these results would only be visible but no longer editable (basically the greying would only apply to fields that already contain a value)

Is that clearer at all?
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7 years 3 months ago #163165 by tpartner
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For a long-text type question, you can try adding something like this to the question source. It will test for a value in the textarea and, if found, will disable it.

Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
  $(document).ready(function() {
 
    $('#question{QID} textarea').each(function(i) {
      if($.trim($(this).val()) != '') {
        $(this).prop('readonly', true).css('opacity', '0.3');
      }
    });
 
  });
</script>
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7 years 3 months ago #163174 by mascarpone
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Great will try that, thanks a lot tpartner!
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