What's the difference between disabled=“disabled” and readonly=“readonly” for HTML form input fields?

Question

I have read a bit on this, but I can\'t seem to find anything solid about how different browsers treat things.

Answer 1

If the value of a disabled textbox needs to be retained when a form is cleared (reset), disabled = "disabled" has to be used, as read-only textbox will not retain the value

For Example:

HTML

Textbox

Reset button

Clear

In the above example, when Clear button is pressed, disabled text value will be retained in the form. Value will not be retained in the case of input type = "text" readonly="readonly"