Basically, you add an empty 'readonly' attribute to the markup.

$form->field( name => 'field_name', readonly => 1);

For checkboxes, you can use disabled

$form->field( name => 'choices', disabled => 'disabled');

In response to the pedants, this is not a security issue. It is a usability question. The form is showing a different view of the same data to perform different operations on it.

For example "make a duplicate record", or "delete record". It doesn't make sense for the user to modify those fields if the action ignores those modifications.

The permissions handling is still managed by the server. If a user added his own query parameter in the request "&destroy_everything=1", doesn't mean the server will obey it.

In reply to Re^2: cgi::formbuilder submit button non-editable form by Anonymous Monk
in thread cgi::formbuilder submit button non-editable form by chrism01

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.