asp TextBox ReadOnly true or Enabled false

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What s the difference between the Enabled and the ReadOnly-properties of an asp TextBox control

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Readonly will not  grayout  the textbox and will still submit the value on a postback

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Readonly will allow the user to copy text from it  Disabled will not

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Another behaviour is that readonly    true  controls will fire events like click  buton Enabled   False controls will not

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Readonly will not  grayout  the textbox and will still submit the value on a postback

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Think about it from the browser s point of view    For readonly the browser will send in a variable value pair   For disabled  it won t   Run this  then look at the URL after you hit submit    lt html gt   lt form action foo html method get gt   lt input name dis type text disabled value  dis  gt   lt input name read type text readonly value  read  gt   lt input name normal type text value  normal  gt   lt input type submit gt   lt  form gt   lt  html gt

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If a control is disabled it cannot be edited and its content is excluded when the form is submitted   If a control is readonly it cannot be edited  but its content  if any  is still included with the submission

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If a control is disabled it cannot be edited and its content is excluded when the form is submitted   If a control is readonly it cannot be edited  but its content  if any  is still included with the submission

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I have a child aspx form that does an address lookup server side  The values from the child aspx page are then passed back to the parent textboxes via javascript client side   Although you can see the textboxes have been changed neither ReadOnly or Enabled would allow the values to be posted back in the parent form

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Readonly will allow the user to copy text from it  Disabled will not

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Readonly will not  grayout  the textbox and will still submit the value on a postback

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Think about it from the browser s point of view    For readonly the browser will send in a variable value pair   For disabled  it won t   Run this  then look at the URL after you hit submit    lt html gt   lt form action foo html method get gt   lt input name dis type text disabled value  dis  gt   lt input name read type text readonly value  read  gt   lt input name normal type text value  normal  gt   lt input type submit gt   lt  form gt   lt  html gt

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Readonly will allow the user to copy text from it  Disabled will not

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Readonly textbox in Asp net   lt asp TextBox ID  t  runat  server  Style  margin-left  20px  margin-top  24px   Width  335px  Height  41px  ReadOnly  true  gt  lt  asp TextBox gt

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If a control is disabled it cannot be edited and its content is excluded when the form is submitted   If a control is readonly it cannot be edited  but its content  if any  is still included with the submission

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I have a child aspx form that does an address lookup server side  The values from the child aspx page are then passed back to the parent textboxes via javascript client side   Although you can see the textboxes have been changed neither ReadOnly or Enabled would allow the values to be posted back in the parent form

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Readonly will allow the user to copy text from it  Disabled will not

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Think about it from the browser s point of view    For readonly the browser will send in a variable value pair   For disabled  it won t   Run this  then look at the URL after you hit submit    lt html gt   lt form action foo html method get gt   lt input name dis type text disabled value  dis  gt   lt input name read type text readonly value  read  gt   lt input name normal type text value  normal  gt   lt input type submit gt   lt  form gt   lt  html gt

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Readonly textbox in Asp net   lt asp TextBox ID  t  runat  server  Style  margin-left  20px  margin-top  24px   Width  335px  Height  41px  ReadOnly  true  gt  lt  asp TextBox gt

User · Answer

Readonly will not  grayout  the textbox and will still submit the value on a postback

User · Answer

Think about it from the browser s point of view    For readonly the browser will send in a variable value pair   For disabled  it won t   Run this  then look at the URL after you hit submit    lt html gt   lt form action foo html method get gt   lt input name dis type text disabled value  dis  gt   lt input name read type text readonly value  read  gt   lt input name normal type text value  normal  gt   lt input type submit gt   lt  form gt   lt  html gt

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If a control is disabled it cannot be edited and its content is excluded when the form is submitted   If a control is readonly it cannot be edited  but its content  if any  is still included with the submission

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Another behaviour is that readonly    true  controls will fire events like click  buton Enabled   False controls will not

[asp.net] asp:TextBox ReadOnly=true or Enabled=false?

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