Html.DropDownList - Disabled/Readonly

Question

What option do I need to set to make a drop down box readonly when using MVCs Html.DropDownList?

I\'ve tried things like....

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Answer 1

For completeness here is the HTML Helper for DropDownListFor that adds enabled parameter, when false select is disabled. It keeps html attributes defined in markup, or it enables usage of html attributes in markup, it posts select value to server and usage is very clean and simple.

Here is the code for helper:

public static MvcHtmlString DropDownListFor(this HtmlHelper html, Expression> expression, IEnumerable selectList, object htmlAttributes, bool enabled)
{
  if (enabled)
  {
    return SelectExtensions.DropDownListFor(html, expression, selectList, htmlAttributes);
  }

  var htmlAttributesAsDict = HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes);
  htmlAttributesAsDict.Add("disabled", "disabled");
  string selectClientId = html.ViewContext.ViewData.TemplateInfo.GetFullHtmlFieldId(ExpressionHelper.GetExpressionText(expression));
  htmlAttributesAsDict.Add("id", selectClientId + "_disabled");

  var hiddenFieldMarkup = html.HiddenFor(expression);
  var selectMarkup = SelectExtensions.DropDownListFor(html, expression, selectList, htmlAttributesAsDict);
  return MvcHtmlString.Create(selectMarkup.ToString() + Environment.NewLine + hiddenFieldMarkup.ToString());
}

and usage, goal is to disable select if there is just one item in options, markup:

@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.SomeValue, Model.SomeList, new { @class = "some-class" }, Model.SomeList > 1)

And there is one even more elegant HTML Helper example, no post support for now (pretty straight forward job, just use HAP and add hidden input as root element sibling and swap id's):

public static MvcHtmlString Disable(this MvcHtmlString previous, bool disabled, bool disableChildren = false)
{
  if (disabled)
  {
    var canBeDisabled = new HashSet { "button", "command", "fieldset", "input", "keygen", "optgroup", "option", "select", "textarea" };
    var doc = new HtmlDocument();
    doc.LoadHtml(previous.ToString());
    var rootElements = doc.DocumentNode.Descendants().Where(
      hn => hn.NodeType == HtmlNodeType.Element && 
      canBeDisabled.Contains(hn.Name.ToLower()) && 
      (disableChildren || hn.ParentNode.NodeType == HtmlNodeType.Document));

    foreach (var element in rootElements)
    {
      element.SetAttributeValue("disabled", "");
    }
    string html = doc.DocumentNode.OuterHtml;
    return MvcHtmlString.Create(html);
  }
  return previous;
}

For example there is a model property bool AllInputsDisabled, when true all html inputs should be disabled:

@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Address, new { placeholder = "Enter address" }).Disable(Model.AllInputsDisabled)

@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.DoYou, Model.YesNoList).Disable(Model.AllInputsDisabled)