disable editing default value of text input

Question

I have a search form

<input id="price_from" value="price from "> <input id="price_to" value="price to "> <button>search</button> 

How can I disable editing of dafault text? When user starts to type in price amount it's not possible to edit "price from " and "price to " but they stay in input field. I've tried different mask plugins for jquery but they didn't show default text untill you focus on field and don't provide option for custom text. Only placeholders an chars.

Answer 1

You can either use the readonly or the disabled attribute. Note that when disabled, the input's value will not be submitted when submitting the form.

<input id="price_to" value="price to" readonly="readonly"> <input id="price_to" value="price to" disabled="disabled"> 

Answer 2

I'm not sure I understand the question correctly, but if you want to prevent people from writing in the input field you can use the disabled attribute.

<input disabled="disabled" id="price_from" value="price from ">