Disabled Scrollable Textarea

Question

How can I create a scrollable text area which is disabled? By this I mean, I would like the user to be able to scroll to see the contents of the text area but not be able to edit it.

Answer 1

I think you need to know the readonly property.

<textarea readonly>blabla<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></textarea>

Try here : link

Answer 2

Why use a <textarea> if user can't edit it ?

A simple <div> would do the trick with fixed height and overflow:auto;