https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: Lock Form Field en Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:25:05 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/lock-form-field#post-18186 Sat, 04 May 2013 05:23:23 +0000 jilliandolby 18186@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Thanks Guys - @williamansley I have used your section-break suggestion. Thank you so much!!! </p> <p>Jill </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/lock-form-field#post-18183 Fri, 03 May 2013 22:37:29 +0000 MountainManDan 18183@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>hi jilliandolby, </p> <p>I don't work for appnitro, but have you tried using jquery? if you add a css class - lets say you call it "locked" then you could do something like this:</p> <pre> &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt; $(document).ready(function() { $('.locked').attr('readonly', true); }); &lt;/script&gt; </pre> <p>That will probably only really work if you're embedding the form via the PHP embed code. Also, i haven't tested the code, but you could do a google search for jquery readonly or jquery disable. Hope that helps. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/lock-form-field#post-18182 Fri, 03 May 2013 22:36:33 +0000 williamansley 18182@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>@jilliandolby: In general, your users shouldn't be able to change <strong>any</strong> text in your form, except default choices you may have included in a text entry field. If you are using the text entry area of a paragraph field to enter long passages of text, there is a much better way to do this; use the section break field instead. Despite the name, the purpose of the section break field is to allow you to add arbitrarily long passages of constant, non-editable text to your form. If this answer isn't helpful, perhaps you could include a link to an example of your form, so we can see what you are trying to do. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/lock-form-field#post-18181 Fri, 03 May 2013 19:18:09 +0000 jilliandolby 18181@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hi</p> <p>I use my machforms for photography contracts. I have certain parts that I want the clients to fill in but I have standard clauses that I don't want them to change - is it possible to "lock" the fields that contain the standard clauses so that they cannot be edited by clients?</p> <p>Thanks in advance.</p> <p>Jill </p>