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3427	newforms: add readonly support to widgets	anonymous	Adrian Holovaty	"readonly= is an integral part of some Intranet applications and is currently lacking from newforms. The documentation should probably state that, of course, if you really want something to be readonly, you cannot put it in a form at all, but for the rest of us, readonly is an easy solution.

The only problems are that select fields don't have a readonly= property. I've seen them rendered as <input type=""text"" /> instead, or you can use <select disabled=disabled"" /> and automatically append an <input type=""hidden"" /> with the real readonly value (<select /> fields cannot have readonly as a UI restriction, e.g., UAs don't allow it).

disabled= may also be useful."		closed	Forms	dev		wontfix			Design decision needed	0	0	0	0	0	0