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cyberhobo on 09/02/09

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Disable and enable a text input in Firefox

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I just noticed in Firefox 3.5.2 that setting `disabled = true` for a focused text input seems to make it impossible to re-focus after setting `disabled = false`. The solution is to blur it before disabling.

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var my_textbox = document.getElementById( 'my_textbox' );
 
my_textbox.blur();
my_textbox.disabled = true;
 
// later...
my_textbox.disabled = false;
my_textbox.focus();