On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.h...@lachy.id.au> wrote: >> On 2011-04-06 22:45, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >>> >>> Currently, the spec disallows checkboxes from being made readonly. Is >>> there some good reason for this? If not, can we change it? >>> Checkboxes being readonly would be useful for the same reasons that >>> text inputs being readonly is. >> >> What's wrong with using disabled? >> >> <input type="checkbox" disabled> >> <input type="checkbox" disabled checked> > > Disabled elements don't participate in form submission.
Also, consistency across input types seems like a good thing for authors. / Jonas