Should readonly (or something like it) work for non-text form elements?

[chaals]

Input types that are not supported, such as datetime currently, are presented as text inputs, and therefore readonly applies.

It is also, apparently repeatedly (citation needed), allowed to apply in initial implementations of new widgets.

The use case is allowing preview of a control which will be submitted - disabled means the control won't be submitted, requiring the developer to add e.g. a hidden mirror of the content if they present a disabled control.

There are several issues that have looked at this before: #89, #91, #92, and http://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/2311

[siusin]

Thanks.

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