how to enable a textarea in javascript?

hi! i have a textarea that is currently disabled. using javascript how can enable it on button click?

onclick="document.formname.elementName.disabled=false;"

Eric

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hi, i tried the code but it doesnt seem to work, there is an "error on page" showing in the status bar below the browser and nothing happens with the textarea

textarea and button inside form1

thanks in advance

i hope you understand the code, i removed all "<" and "/>" and renamed onclick to nclick because i am having trouble in posting the code

"j son"

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Originally posted by David O'Meara:
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please help me with my code

When you click on that icon in the status bar it brings up a dialog window. What is the error message?

In the future replace the o in onsubmit and onclick with o

Eric
[ August 14, 2007: Message edited by: Eric Pascarello ]

Originally posted by Eric Pascarello:
When you click on that icon in the status bar it brings up a dialog window. What is the error message?

<input name="edit" type="button" id="label2" onclick="document.getElementById("textarea").disabled = false; return false;" value="Edit">

In the future replace the o in onsubmit and onclick with o

Eric

i tried the code.. there is no error on the page but the textarea is still disabled

<html>
<body
><form id="form1" method="post" action="">
<textarea name="textarea" cols ="60" rows="10" disabled="disabled" id="textarea"> IT Project-1 students please check LMS for prelim requirement.</textarea>
<input name="edit" type="button" id="label2" onclick="document.getElementById("textarea").disabled = false; return false;" value="Edit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
[ August 14, 2007: Message edited by: jason pogi ]

here is code that works:

Eric
[ August 14, 2007: Message edited by: Eric Pascarello ]

it worked..

my error is in document.getElementById("ta1").disabled the paramater should be in single quote 'ta1' .
thanks for helping!