[twill] Why are hidden fields read-only?

[Ram Rachum]

Thanks Howard! That solves my problem.

Ram.

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Howard B. Golden <howard_b_golden at yahoo.com
> wrote:

> Ram,
>
> From the mechanize FAQ:
>
> How do I change INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN field values (for example, to emulate
> the effect of JavaScript code)?
> As with any control, set the control’s readonly attribute false.
>
> form.find_control("foo").readonly = False # allow changing .value of control foo
> form.set_all_readonly(False) # allow changing the .value of all controls
>
> HTH,
>
> Howard
>
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Ram Rachum <ram at rachum.com>
> *To:* twill at lists.idyll.org
> *Sent:* Sunday, March 25, 2012 10:43 AM
> *Subject:* [twill] Why are hidden fields read-only?
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm using Twill and I tried to fill in a form which has a hidden field.
>
> Twill doesn't let me fill in the hidden field, saying it's read-only:
>
>     AttributeError: control 'user' is readonly
>
> Why is this? What's the problem with writing to a hidden field?
>
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Ram Rachum.
>
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