# Disable a dynamic textfield?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disable-a-dynamic-textfield/255763>\
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**Created:** [March 26, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disable-a-dynamic-textfield/255763 "2008-03-26T18:49:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![paulcybulski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@paulcybulski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paulcybulski)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disable-a-dynamic-textfield/255763/1 "2008-03-26T18:49:18Z")

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I have an accordion component that contians 3 tabs…each tab contains a list…the first list is a list of exhibitor names…the second tab has a list with booth numbers…the third tab has a list with categories…I have a text field below the accordion that searches the lists and returns what it finds…however I do not want the user to be able to type anything when the 3rd accordion tab is open…is there a method to disable input on a dynamic text field? (in effect this would be “grayed” out like some menu options in windows sometimes are…)

Any ideas?