HTML DOM Input URL readOnly Property

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

The HTML DOM Input URL readOnly property sets/returns whether Input URL can be modified or not.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

Returning boolean value - true/false

inputURLObject.readOnly

Setting readOnly to booleanValue

inputURLObject.readOnly = booleanValue

Boolean Values

Here, “booleanValue” can be the following −

booleanValue	Details
True	It defines that the input url field is readOnly.
False	It defines that the input url field is not readOnly and can be modified.

Example

Let us see an example of Input URL readOnly property −

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Input URL readOnly</title>
<style>
   form {
      width:70%;
      margin: 0 auto;
      text-align: center;
   }
   * {
      padding: 2px;
      margin:5px;
   }
   input[type="button"] {
      border-radius: 10px;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>URL-readOnly</legend>
<label for="URLSelect">Contact Us :
<input type="url" id="URLSelect" onclick="showErrorMsg()" value="https://www.google.com" readOnly>
</label>
<input type="button" onclick="showMessage()" value="Copy URL">
<div id="divDisplay"></div>
</fieldset>
</form>
<script>
   var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
   var inputURL = document.getElementById("URLSelect");
   divDisplay.textContent = 'Above URL is read-only';
   function showMessage() {
      inputURL.select();
      document.execCommand('copy');
      divDisplay.textContent = 'URL Copied: '+inputURL.value;
   }
   function showErrorMsg(){
      divDisplay.textContent +=', This cannot be edited.'
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>