# Disbale keyboard

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disbale-keyboard/144086>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 25, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disbale-keyboard/144086 "2008-07-25T08:18:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ganana\_srishti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@ganana\_srishti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ganana_srishti)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disbale-keyboard/144086/1 "2008-07-25T08:18:05Z")

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Hi,  
Anybody knows how to disable keyboard keys for textfield or in a text  
area…  
plz reply me

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**Author:** ![ganana\_srishti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@ganana\_srishti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ganana_srishti)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disbale-keyboard/144086/2 "2008-07-25T11:53:11Z")

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maybe use JavaScript can do this.

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Best Regards,

Cash.Zhao  
– [http://www.cashplk.com](http://www.cashplk.com)

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Pragash Mr.

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**Author:** ![ganana\_srishti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@ganana\_srishti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ganana_srishti)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disbale-keyboard/144086/3 "2008-07-25T15:40:12Z")

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On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Pragash Mr.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi,  
> Anybody knows how to disable keyboard keys for textfield or in a text  
> area…  
> plz reply me

This is a HTML question, right? AFAIK, you can use the disabled  
attribute of inputs.  
I am not 100% sure, search for  
html disable input text  
or something similar

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**Author:** ![ganana\_srishti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@ganana\_srishti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ganana_srishti)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disbale-keyboard/144086/4 "2008-07-25T19:41:16Z")

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> Anybody knows how to disable keyboard keys for textfield or in a  
> textarea…

[http://htmldog.com/reference/htmltags/input/](http://htmldog.com/reference/htmltags/input/)