HTML form readonly SELECT tag/input

Question

According to HTML specs, the select tag in HTML doesn\'t have a readonly attribute, only a disabled attribute. So if you want to keep

Answer 1

In IE I was able to defeat the onfocus=>onblur approach by double-clicking. But remembering the value and then restoring it in the onchange event seems to handle that issue.

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You can do similar without expando properties by using a javascript variable.