<html> <head> <title><textarea> and "readonly"</title> <style> textarea:read-only { background:lime } textarea { background:red } </style> <link rel="help" href="http://whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#readonly"> <link rel="help" href="http://whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#relation"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> function log(message) { document.getElementById("console").innerHTML += "<li>"+message+"</li>"; } function test() { if (window.testRunner) testRunner.dumpAsText(); var t = document.getElementById("victim"); if (document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(t, null).getPropertyValue('background-color') == "rgb(0, 255, 0)") log("SUCCESS"); else log("FAILURE"); } </script> </head> <body onload="test()"> <p>This test checks for :read-only right behavior. Fails if FAILURE is shown below.</p> <p><textarea id="victim" readonly></textarea></p> <hr> <ol id="console"></ol> </body> </html>