Non-Editable Text-Field

Question

I am new in YII, i am wondering if the text-field in YII can made non-editable. If so can anyone answer. I do the following way..

<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'first_name'); ?>
    <?php echo $form->textField($model,'first_name',array('setEnabled' => false)); ?>

This is not working.

Solution

Use readonly instead:

<?php echo $form->textField($model,'first_name',array('readonly' => true)); ?>

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For no blinking, go for disabled attribute:

<?php echo $form->textField($model,'first_name',array('disabled' => true)); ?>

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Both behave differently so be sure to check that out.

Comments

[tnchalise]

Works.. But the editable cruser blinks over the text-filed. Any idea to remove that also?

[bool.dev]

that is browser dependent, lemme see if i can find anything, no blinking in chrome(can't even select field), in firefox, can select, but no blinking, which browser are you testing in?

[tnchalise]

Exactly, the issue is browser dependency. Initially i tested in firefox. Now i realized. Thanks.

[bool.dev]

i made an edit, check it out, you wanted disabled in the beginning, so used it, just that you had tried with wrong code. For all htmlOptions, remember that html attributes are named exactly the same, as in if html attribute disabled exists, it'll be the same for htmlOptions also