Why can't radio buttons be “readonly”?

Question

I would like to show a radio button, have its value submitted, but depending on the circumstances, have it not editable. Disabled doesn\'t work, because it doesn\'t submit t

Answer 1

Radio buttons would only need to be read-only if there are other options. If you don't have any other options, a checked radio button cannot be unchecked. If you have other options, you can prevent the user from changing the value merely by disabling the other options:

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/qqVGu/