I have droplists that are used when posting but for some users are
readonly when reading. When in readonly mode, clicking on the down
arrow does nothing (as expected) but if you put the cursor in the text
area and type the first letter of an item in the list, it will change.
When I save the form the field remains unchanged which is good.
However, it is a little odd and potentially confusing if the user
thinks they are able to change it.

Interestingly, if I make the controls dropdowns then readonly
completely locks out the control. I don't want to do that because it
lets the user free form in the text area of the control.

Am I missing something or is this an undocumented feature? I have a
way around this but am curious for simplicity sake.

Thanks
Karl