Re: lynx-dev <input type=hidden name="Username" value="charliem" size=16 maxlength=16>

[Charlie Mengler]

Darn, I don't know what has changed.
I swear to *diety that earlier today the hidden fields WERE being displayed.
However they are NOT displayed now & I have no idea why.
Anyways, I'm going to declare victory & go fight other battles.

HAND!

Ismael Cordeiro wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Charlie Mengler wrote:
> 
> > Dear Lynx Wizards,
> >
> > I'm the 1st to admit that I really don't know what I'm doing WRT to lynx or
> > creating webpages. If it matters I'm running Lynx on a Solaris V2.6 system
> > & using Netscape-Enterprise/3.6 SP2 for the webserver.
> >
> > I've created a "dynamic" HTML page that contains the following text -
> > <input type=hidden name=Username value=charliem size=16 maxlength=16>
> >
> > When viewed using the typical GUI browsers it works as desired. The
> > variable gets passed from one form to another & the user never sees the
> > variable & can NOT change it.
> >
> > When this page is viewed with Lynx not only does the field get displayed,
> > the user can change the value of it. I need to prevent the user from
> > changing the Username.
> >
> > I'm surprised that Lynx does not seem to "properly" handle fields that are
> > tagged as "hidden". Of course it is entirely likely that this is just a
> > local configuration issue. However I could not find any mention of this in
> > the Lynx documentation that I have or found online.
> >
> > Any feedback, suggestions or other input would be greatly welcomed.
> 
> I can't reproduce the problem with lynx 2.8.2 and 2.8.3pre.7. The fields
> you're talking about, "Username and "Enumber" are NOT displayed. Both
> versions display your page like this:
> 
>    For Bruce Charles Mengler
> 
>    Street __________________________________________________
>    City __________________________________________________
>    State __
>    Postal Code _____
>    Phone ____________
>    Emergency Contact Name ____________________
>    Emergency Contact Street
>    __________________________________________________
>    Emergency Contact City
>    __________________________________________________
>    Emergency Contact State __
>    Emergency Contact ZIP _____
>    Emergency Contact Relationship _____
>    Emergency Contact Phone ____________
>    Submit Reset
> 
> Which lynx version are you using?
> 
> Ismael
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