Can HTML checkboxes be set to readonly?

Question

I thought they could be, but as I\'m not putting my money where my mouth was (so to speak) setting the readonly attribute doesn\'t actually seem to do anything.

I\'d

Answer 1

If you want them to be submitted to the server with form but be not interacive for user, you can use pointer-events: none in css (works in all modern browsers except IE10- and Opera 12-) and set tab-index to -1 to prevent changing via keyboard. Also note that you can't use label tag as click on it will change the state anyway.

input[type="checkbox"][readonly] {
  pointer-events: none !important;
}

td {
  min-width: 5em;
  text-align: center;
}

td:last-child {
  text-align: left;
}

  

    
usual
    
readonly
    
disabled
  

    

    

    

    
works
  

    

    

    

    
also works
  

    

    

    

    
broken - don't use label tag