# How can I make a textbox uneditable?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-make-a-textbox-uneditable/133409>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 31, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-make-a-textbox-uneditable/133409 "2008-03-31T11:42:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![megax](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@megax](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/megax)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-make-a-textbox-uneditable/133409/1 "2008-03-31T11:42:02Z")

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I want to make this textbox indeitable but im not sure how to use ruby  
to do this can anyone help?

my textbox:

\<%= f.text\_field :item\_name %\>

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**Author:** ![megax](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@megax](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/megax)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-make-a-textbox-uneditable/133409/2 "2008-03-31T11:58:30Z")

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\<%= f.text\_field :item\_name, :disabled =\> true %\>

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**Author:** ![megax](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@megax](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/megax)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-make-a-textbox-uneditable/133409/3 "2008-03-31T18:17:29Z")

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Also, you can use a

 that’s styled like a textbox