Set the radio form field type to read only

[Ryan Matthews]

Hello, I am trying to set the radio form field type to read only but it still allows the user to edit the field. 

Here's my \models\forms\component.xml:

<field

name="scheduled"

type="radio"

readonly="true"

class="btn-group btn-group-yesno"

label="COM_ENTRYMGMT_ENTRYMGMT_FIELD_SCHEDULED_LABEL"

description="COM_ENTRYMGMT_ENTRYMGMT_FIELD_SCHEDULED_DESC"

required="false"

>

<option value="1">COM_ENTRYMGMT_ENTRYMGMT_VALUE_YES</option>

<option value="0">COM_ENTRYMGMT_ENTRYMGMT_VALUE_NO</option>

</field> 

[Niv Froehlich]

Hi Ryan,

Interesting!  I haven't tested either of these (it's not always a 'best-practice' to include read only radio-buttons (see discussion in 2nd link)), but these resources might be helpful as they cover 'read only' attributes for form inputs.

- https://www.sitepoint.com/community/t/read-only-radio-buttons/26225/4

- http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_input_readonly.asp

- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16109358/what-is-the-correct-readonly-attribute-syntax-for-input-text-elements

Check the syntax of 'readonly' in your HTML output and see if matches the second and third links above.  The third links provides insight suggesting that 

readonly="true"

is incorrect syntax - perhaps readonly="readonly" would work.

For example

<input type="text" value="myvalue" class="class anotherclass" readonly="readonly" />

Hope that helps - please post back to let me know.

Cheers,

N 

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[Ryan Matthews]

Great suggestions and thanks for the helpful links! I never knew there were so many valid ways to declare an input field as 'readonly'! However, your suggestion of readonly="readonly" does not work and it was the presence of the "class="btn-group btn-group-yesno"" that enabled the user to continue to edit the field. When I removed that class attribute and stayed with "readonly="true"", the radio button was not editable as desired.

Does this classify as a Joomla bug (and if so, how do I notify the devs?)?

Ryan

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[Michael Babker]

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[Ryan Matthews]

Thanks, posted!

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