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Re: "Disabled" vs. "Read-only"

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From: Steve Green
Date: Jan 4, 2008 1:40PM

We had a different problem with disabled fields. It's a couple of years ago
but my recollection is that a user with voice recognition software was able
to give focus to the field and could not understand why they could not
change the contents.

One solution is to display the data as plain text rather than as a form
control. It may take a bit more coding but it would solve all your problems
from the user's perspective. If the data cannot be changed, I can't see why
it would need to be a form control.

Steve