# Text\_field uneditable

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/text-field-uneditable/108197>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 29, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/text-field-uneditable/108197 "2007-06-29T22:54:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snantz)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/text-field-uneditable/108197/1 "2007-06-29T22:54:24Z")

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Anyone know how to make a text fields uneditable through a helper  
method? Thanks

S

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**Author:** ![snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snantz)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 8:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/text-field-uneditable/108197/2 "2007-06-30T08:10:46Z")

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Just put :readonly =\> true  
inside the text\_field.