# Forms - Edits and Shows reuse

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forms-edits-and-shows-reuse/164636>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 3, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forms-edits-and-shows-reuse/164636 "2009-04-03T15:07:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruparel)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forms-edits-and-shows-reuse/164636/1 "2009-04-03T15:07:34Z")

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Is there a way to “lock” the entire form from edits? and make it  
read-only? The reason I ask is that in bigger forms, I would prefer to  
draw it only once in a partial and use it for new/edit and show actions.  
It gets tedious to have to redo the form for show action.  
Thanks for your time.  
Bharat