If I understand what you are talking about, perhaps it's the .enabled = true; thing? If this isn't the answer you need, please post the HTML and JS you are dealing with. Shawn > Hi Everyone, > > I've got a question on the 'readonly' state of a form text input element. > > What is the proper syntax to turn the readonly state off in javascript? > > thanks > > Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Javascript mailing list > Javascript at LaTech.edu > https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript >