Making certain fields in the Form read only

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I would like to make certain fields in the form to read only while other editable. I read this in HTML (Read only)

<form action="demo_form.asp">
Country: <input type="text" name="country" value="Norway" readonly="readonly" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

This example specifically states the fields which will be editable. But i am using Django Forms. I am not able to do this specifically because the field is derived from models.py.

What options do i have in making the fields read only? Need some suggestions and guidance...

Jonas Geiregat · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-01 06:21:20Z

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When creating the form add an extra param to add the readonly attribute, for your field:

name = forms.CharField(widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'readonly':'readonly'}))

answered Aug 1, 2012 at 6:21

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Xhynk · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-01 05:33:54Z

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You can use jQuery to add the property?

$('.inputClass').prop("readonly", true);

edited Aug 1, 2012 at 5:33

answered Aug 1, 2012 at 5:14

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2 Comments

Xhynk Over a year ago

"usually" you'd want to use .prop() - answer reworded to reflect that

lakshmen Over a year ago

i am curious to know whether u can use css to do this?

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