How to make a dropdown readonly using jquery?

Question

I am using the following statement to make it readonly but it is not working.

$(\'#cf_1268591\').attr(\"readonly\", \"readonly\"); 

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Answer 1

This code will first store the original selection on each dropdown. Then if the user changes the selection it will reset the dropdown to its original selection.

http://jsfiddle.net/4aHcD/22/

//store the original selection
$("select :selected").each(function(){
    $(this).parent().data("default", this);
});

//change the selction back to the original
$("select").change(function(e) {
    $($(this).data("default")).prop("selected", true);
});