Name

readOnly — NN n/a IE 4 DOM n/a

Synopsis

Read-only

Whether the form element can be edited on the page by the user. A form control whose readOnly property is true may still be modified by scripts, even though the user may not alter the content.

Example

document.forms[0].myPassword.readOnly = "true"

Value

Boolean value: true | false.

Default

false

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