hi I'm trying to add a disabled option to a select box with the form helper I use this code to generate an extra empty field, but I want this field disabled.
echo $this->Form->input('User.usertype_id',array('type'=>'select', 'empty'=>'usertype');
this generates:
<div class="input select">
<label for="UserUsertypeId">Usertype</label>
<select name="data[User][usertype_id]" id="UserUsertypeId">
<option value="">usertype</option>
<option value="1">athlete</option>
<option value="2">trainer</option>
</select>
</div>
but I want this:
<div class="input select">
<label for="UserUsertypeId">Usertype</label>
<select name="data[User][usertype_id]" id="UserUsertypeId">
<option value="" disabled="disabled" selected="selected">usertype</option>
<option value="1">athlete</option>
<option value="2">trainer</option>
</select>
</div>
Is there any way to do this simply, or should I just use some js?
If you know the options in advance, you can build the $options
array to use in the select menu. This should give you exactly what you want:
$options = array(
array(
'name' => 'usertype',
'value' => '',
'disabled' => TRUE,
'selected' => TRUE
),
'athlete',
'trainer'
);
echo $this->Form->input('User.usertype_id', array('type' => 'select', 'options' => $options));
Or possibly this might work, but I haven't tested it either:
echo $this->Form->input('User.usertype_id', array('type' => 'select', 'empty'=> array('text' => 'usertype', 'selected' => TRUE, 'disabled' => FALSE)));