In a Django form, how do I make a field readonly (or disabled) so that it cannot be edited?

Question

In a Django form, how do I make a field read-only (or disabled)?

When the form is being used to create a new entry, all fields should be enabled - but when the recor

Answer 1

For Django 1.2+, you can override the field like so:

sku = forms.CharField(widget = forms.TextInput(attrs={'readonly':'readonly'}))