Question on disabling textfield but maintaining value entered via jquery function

[Melinda Savoy]

I have a text field called toAccountAmt that is auto populated with the reverse amount of what is entered in the fromAccountAmt field. However, I need to be able to populate the reverse amount in the toAccountAmt field but prevent the user from being able to change it.

I tried to disable as stated below but the disable function remove the value when the form is submitted. I need to maintain the value that I'm entering via the code below when I click the submit button.

Is there a way to do what I'm needing? Any help/direction would be greatly appreciated. Regards.

Here is my jquery code:

$(function() {
   		$("#ARTransferForm\\:fromAccountAmt").blur(function() {
   			var fromAccountAmount = $("#ARTransferForm\\:fromAccountAmt").val();
   			var firstChar = fromAccountAmount.charAt(0);
   			var fromAcctAmtLen = $("#ARTransferForm\\:fromAccountAmt").val().length;
   			if (firstChar == "-") {
   				var revFromAcctAmt = fromAccountAmount.substring(1, fromAcctAmtLen);
   				$("#ARTransferForm\\:toAccountAmt").val(revFromAcctAmt);
   				$("#ARTransferForm\\:toAccountAmt").attr("disabled", "disabled");
   			} else {
   				$("#ARTransferForm\\:toAccountAmt").val("-"+fromAccountAmount);
   				$("#ARTransferForm\\:toAccountAmt").attr("disabled", "disabled");   				
   			}
   		});
   	});

[Bear Bibeault]

As I mentioned in your JSF topic, you need readOnly, not disabled.

[Melinda Savoy]

I did not see a reply on the incorrect post to the JSF forum.

That got it. Thanks.

[Bear Bibeault]

Hmm, was removed for some reason. In an case, readOnly will disallow input while keeping the input submittable.