Setting editor to "nocursor" readonly mode should still allow c&p

[SoftwareDreamer]

As the topic title says: Setting editor to "nocursor" readonly mode should still allow copy&paste operations.

The problem with readOnly : true is, that it implies "writability" for the normal user, as the cursor blinks, which is really confusing. But in "nocursor" mode, copying is suppressed, which is also irritating and not the xpected behavior (at least from me and 2 collegues).

It would be nice to fix that, if it's an unintentional oversight. Thanks!

edit: this is observed the behavior in FF 18 beta and newest Chrome

[marijnh]

This is intentional. Nocursor implies no selection. Just use readOnly: true if you want things to be selectable. You can style the cursor to be invisible if you don't want it to show up (use something like .CodeMirror-cursor { display: none !important })

[dchacke]

I came here from Google wondering about the same thing. In case anyone is wondering how to apply this only to some text editors and not all, this worked for me:

var cm = CodeMirror.fromTextArea(htmlElement, { /* options */ });

// Some condition to apply this to only text editors that are meant to be readonly
if (readonly) {
    var $wrapper = $(cm.getWrapperElement());
    $wrapper.addClass('CodeMirror-readonly'); // hides cursor
}

Paired with the following css:

/* Hide cursor in readonly fields */
.CodeMirror-readonly .CodeMirror-cursor {
  display: none !important
}