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

There is no such thing as a read-only drop-down. What you could do is reset it to the first value manually after each change.

$("select").change(function(event) {
    $(this).val($(this).find("option").first().val());
});

http://jsfiddle.net/4aHcD/