make property as readonly using dataannotation attribute

Question

I have property Name which I want to be readonly. So inside viewmodel I decorated this property with attribute readonly like

 [ReadOnly(true)]
 public string Name { get; set; }

and inside Edit view I have

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Name)
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Name)

and I'm still able to edit make changes inside textbox.

Should I use some css class to disable this textbox on the view side or this should be enough (if that is the case why this solutions does'nt work).

I know this is an old question but why is there a Validation message for Readonly = true? — The_Outsider, Jun 02 '17 at 19:35

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '14 at 07:10

1

Have you thought to use @Html.DisplayFor instead of EditorFor which explicitly asks for an editor?

answered Mar 09 '14 at 07:10

TomTom

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

1

Try using editable attubute instead

[Editable(false)]
public string Name { get; set; }

Also see these q&a's

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

Community

answered Mar 09 '14 at 07:10

Chris Moutray

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

0

You have to use ReadOnly and Editable based on situation

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

Community

answered May 20 '16 at 08:23

Tejasvi Hegde

3 Answers3