# Disabling a form

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disabling-a-form/88147>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 8, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disabling-a-form/88147 "2007-03-08T15:09:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nicholas_W)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disabling-a-form/88147/1 "2007-03-08T15:09:07Z")

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This is what I have:

\<% remote\_form\_for :message,  
:url =\> { :action =\> ‘add\_followup’ },  
:loading =\> “$(‘followup\_form’).disable();”, :complete =\> “$  
(‘followup\_form’).enable;”,  
:html =\> { :id =\> ‘followup\_form’ } do |form| %\>

…

\<% end %\>

It works fine on FF, but not on Safari.  
Where’s the mistake here ?

ngw

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**Author:** ![Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nicholas_W)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disabling-a-form/88147/2 "2007-03-08T15:19:08Z")

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Nicholas W. wrote:

> (‘followup\_form’).enable;",

uh, enable() ← ?

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Phlip  
[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand](http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand) ← NOT a blog!!

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**Author:** ![Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nicholas_W)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disabling-a-form/88147/3 "2007-03-08T15:34:09Z")

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Il giorno 08/mar/07, alle ore 15:18, Phlip ha scritto:

> Nicholas W. wrote:
> 
> > (‘followup\_form’).enable;",
> 
> uh, enable() \<-- ?

No …  
The problem is with disable(), it doesn’t disable anything …

ngw

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**Author:** ![Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nicholas_W)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disabling-a-form/88147/4 "2007-03-08T16:14:18Z")

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Nicholas W. wrote:

> The problem is with disable(), it doesn’t disable anything …

Try viewing your page, using View Source, copy out the generated  
JavaScript, and pasting it here.

–  
Phlip  
[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand](http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand) ← NOT a blog!!

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**Author:** ![Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nicholas_W)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disabling-a-form/88147/5 "2007-03-08T17:18:26Z")

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Nicholas W. wrote:

> $(‘followup\_form’).enable();

I never had any luck with that. Try Form.Enable(“followup\_form”) -  
Google for it first!

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Phlip  
[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand](http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand) ← NOT a blog!!

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**Author:** ![Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nicholas_W)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disabling-a-form/88147/6 "2007-03-08T17:00:25Z")

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Il giorno 08/mar/07, alle ore 16:09, Phlip ha scritto:

> Nicholas W. wrote:
> 
> > The problem is with disable(), it doesn’t disable anything …
> 
> Try viewing your page, using View Source, copy out the generated  
> JavaScript, and pasting it here.

…

TIA,  
ngw