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How can I disable all keyboard keys?

rated 0 times [ 120] [ 4] / answers: 1 / hits: 43958 / 12 Years ago, sat, april 21, 2012, 12:00:00

I am searching for a possibility to disable all keyboard keys in a textarea. I found some examples on the web to disable some single ones but how can I disable the whole keyboard??

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answered 12 Years ago keana · Accepted Answer

You can disable the textarea using the disabled attribute. Or you can make it read only using the readonly attribute. readonly is like disabled except it doesn't prevent the user from clicking or selecting in the textarea.

And if you really need to do it with javascript something like this will do it (using jQuery):

<textarea rows=3 cols=20></textarea>



$(textarea).keydown(false);

You can try it here: http://jsfiddle.net/7n4G4/1/