ReadOnly vs Enabled in form fields

[Allen]

Hi;

Could someone help me understand the differences between the use of Enabled or ReadOnly in forms as they appear to have the same effect?  From a UniGui perspective which is the preferred or correct way to go.

In my use case based on a users permissions fields my be editable or presented for informational purposes, so in my code I can toggle either property at the appropriate time.  My question is am I failing to understand the difference between the 2 properties?

Thanks for any insights into this.

-Allen

[Sherzod]

42 minutes ago, Allen said:

My question is am I failing to understand the difference between the 2 properties?

Hello,

In general, here are the differences:

"Readonly element is just not editable, but gets sent when the according form submits.
Readonly elements can be focused (and getting focused when "tabbing" through a form).

Disabled element isn't editable and isn't sent on submit.
Disabled elements can't be focused (and getting focused when "tabbing" through a form)."

[Allen]

Thank you

[Allen]

Another quick note on this if anyone else runs into it.  When the element is disabled, any formatting that is derived from a VTypes is not applied.  on this basis I would prefer to use readOnlu.