non-editable in textarea

[Sophia Choi]

Can I display data only in textarea and make it non-editable ?
Thanks

[sunitha reghu]

Yes u can do that.
Like this
textarea cols="" rows="" disabled readonly textarea
or can use only disabled.

[Bear Bibeault]

The disabled attribute is not necessary to effect a non-editable field; the readonly attribute is sufficient. The disabled attribue will cause a browser-specific rendition to be applied to the area -- usually a dimming effect (which is fine if that's what you want).
hth,
bear

[Bear Bibeault]

A useful resource for such information.
hth,
bear

[sunitha reghu]

It depends whether disabled or read only.
I used disbled attribute in a text field which i want a dimed effect so that users know this is something u can change. But if u have a scrolling text box then disable ork coz u cant scroll the bar.
If u dont have a scrollable then disabled will work.That is wat i said either read only or disabled.

[Eric Pascarello]

what I would use is:
readonly="readonly"

[Bear Bibeault]

A man after my own heart! Yeah, I use the xhtml notation whether the page is html or xhtml. It's just, well, neater!
bear