Making a textbox control uneditable without disabling it?

Question

Is it possible to take a textbox item and make it un-editable while still having it enabled for use?

Textbox1.Enabled = false;

This works for all purposes I need EXCEPT that I can't read data from it because it's disabled. If this is not possible I can find alternate solutions. Making it invisible is also not an option.

Answer 1

If you will be changing the textbox value via javascript and plan to read the changed value server side, you cannot use asp.net's readonly property. You need to set it like this:

Textbox1.Attributes["readonly"] = "readonly";

Reference: http://aspadvice.com/blogs/joteke/archive/2006/04/12/16409.aspx

Answer 2

You can use TextBox.ReadOnly

Textbox1.ReadOnly = false;