Editor autoComplete field cannot be disabled

wblakenc

Link to test case: http://live.datatables.net/mudejitu/1/edit
Debugger code (debug.datatables.net): N/A
Error messages shown: N/A
Description of problem:

When an editor field is set to the autoComplete type, you cannot disable it. Well, technically, it is disabled (as the autocomplete no longer works) but the field is editable. Check out test case above.

Thanks!

colin

Thanks for the test case. Are you saying you want autoComplete disabled, or the field to be read-only? If read-only, you can use field().disable(). I got a bit lost there.

Colin

wblakenc

Thanks Colin. As you can see from the test case, the field is disabled:

Which prevents the autocomplete from working, but does not prevent the user from entering in text in the field as seen here:

I would assume that disabling an autoComplete field type, it would essentially become read only, which is not the case.

colin

Ah, I see, you need to add the code to disable the element too - the current option only disables the autocomplete functionality, if you add this to the code it does the trick (you'll also need the opposite in the enable section):

      conf._input.prop( 'disabled', true );

See updated example here: http://live.datatables.net/mudejitu/3/edit

Colin

wblakenc

Genius! Thank you Colin.