> I'm not sure this is true. In section 17.12.2 of the HTML 4.01 spec
> (http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#adef-readonly) it says;
>
> "The following elements support the readonly attribute: INPUT and TEXTAREA."
>
It is supported according to the dtd (and for the TEXTAREA element, too)
This is form the "strict" dtd, not the "loose" one:
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<!-- attribute name required for all but submit and reset -->
<!ELEMENT INPUT - O EMPTY -- form control -->
<!ATTLIST INPUT
%attrs; -- %coreattrs, %i18n, %events --
type %InputType; TEXT -- what kind of widget is needed --
...
readonly (readonly) #IMPLIED -- for text and passwd --
...
accept %ContentTypes; #IMPLIED -- list of MIME types for file upload --
%reserved; -- reserved for possible future use --
>
The Html 4.01 spec contains a pertty usable table of the attributes,
what are specified in what dtd ahat are the deprecated ones. It is at
the $SPECHOME/index/attributes.html. incze