Stop editing in text area

I have a textarea with text in it, but I don't want you to be able to edit the text. I have tried <textarea disable> but that stops you from scolling, and highlighting text. So could you do this with JavaScript?

Thanks,

BP

 

Try
<textarea readonly="true">

 

Thanks, I knew that already, I just wonder why I didn't think of it....


Thanks again,

BP

 

READONLY Attribute | readOnly Property

Sets or retrieves the value indicated whether the content of the object is read-only.

Syntax
HTML < ELEMENT READONLY ... >
Scripting object.readOnly [ = bRead ]

bRead: Boolean that specifies or receives one of the following values.
+ false Default. Property is not set on the object.
+ true Object is set to read-only.

The property is read/write. The property has a default value of false .

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties .

Remarks

If the value of the readOnly property is set to true , the user cannot enter or edit text in the control. When set to true , the property still allows the object to receive the focus, whereas the disabled property does not.

Standards Information