HTML - How to make an input field read-only

Add the attribute readonly to the input element.

<input type="text" value="Abc" readonly />

It isn't necessary to assign a value to the attribute. The value is ignored.

I.e. Don't write readonly="true" or even readonly="readonly".

Similarly, if you write readonly="false" the attribute value will be ignored, and the browser sees readonly.


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