disable textarea without changing look

alalex

how can i disable people from changing the content of a textarea without cheanging the look of it? because i tried writing diabled in the html tag, but it changed the look....
i guess i could create a javascript function to solve it, but i wanted a more simple way to do it... Sad

Ranfaroth

To control the look, use CSS Rolling Eyes

simplyw00x

cavey

I do not know how important it is for you to keep your visitors from changing the value of your textarea. But remember that even if you use "disabled", your visitors can still change the content. Always do a input-check/validation on the server-side.

santium

You can also add 'readonly' to the textarea tags. This will make it look like a regular textarea, but make it impossible to edit by standard means.

jabapyth

or you can intercept the keyevent handler, and just return false, making nothing happen Smile