[Enhancement] Entry: Read-only entry

[PureWeen]

Rationale

Currently you can set an Entry and Editor to IsEnabled false which technically makes it Read Only but it's greyed out. Is Read Only would present the field so it looks the same when it's editable but now it's not editable.

Implementation

Add IsReadonly property to InputView (base class of Entry and Editor)

public static readonly BindableProperty IsReadOnlyProperty = BindableProperty.Create(nameof(IsReadOnly), typeof(bool), defaultValue: false);

Renderers will make the platform native entry field uneditable but how it looks will not change

Currently the Entry and Editor controls inherit form InputView so need to verify that this enhancement works for both an Entry and Editor

Expected Result

Android

• Entry.IsReadonly = true: should make the input control uneditable
• Editor.IsReadonly = true: should make the input control uneditable

iOS

See Android

UWP

See Android

Implications for CSS

    user-select: none;

Backward Compatibility

This is adding a new property so should be backwards compatible. Need to ensure that the property defaults to false.

Difficulty : Easy

This is an easy change and great for a first time contributor.

[almirvuk]

Hi,

Can I be assigned to this issue :)

[rmarinho]

How does this work for iOS and UWP ?

[hartez]

How does this work for iOS and UWP ?

Same as Android.

[hartez]

@PureWeen Any reason this wouldn't make sense on Editor as well?

[PureWeen]

@hartez I changed the spec to apply to the InputView and to verify implementation with the Entry and Editor controls

[jassmith]

Hey @almirvuk, you still working on this? If not we can move it back to the ready for work column

[almirvuk]

Had some problems :( , I am planning to finish it by the end of tommorow, is that ok?

[jassmith]

More than OK :)

I am just checking in to make sure we're not losing track of things. Thank you for your efforts!

[alanag13]

On iOS you can use: https://developer.xamarin.com/api/property/MonoTouch.UIKit.UIView.UserInteractionEnabled/

On Android you can use:
https://developer.xamarin.com/api/property/Android.Views.View.Focusable/

These will prevent text from being edited without changing the respective controls' appearances.

[almirvuk]

Thanks! @alanag13, @PureWeen I implemented also for WPF and MacOS, I am also planing to finish Tizen and GTK if that is possible... so is that ok? (asking because in intro to this Enhancement there are Android, iOS and UWP)

[rookiejava]

On Tizen you can use AllowFocus().

[almirvuk]

Nice, thanks @rookiejava! I am very happy with my progress (as first time XF contributor), I will need day or two more to complete this :)

[almirvuk]

@jassmith I made pull request to community repository, I am working on docs and some small improvements. I will make PR on official one in day or two 🙂

[jassmith]

Awesome

[Phenek]

Hey Guys,
Thanks for this property it work like a charm!

It would be great to have it also for Picker, DatePicker, TimePicker,
because there are also entries.
It would be nice to have :)

Regards,

[sarthak199526]

Hi guys I know this is too late but . With this read only property why Long click on entry text which opens copy selectAll option is not opening.Some might want allow user to copy and select specific text which can be easily achieved using this ReadOnly property of Entry if default entry long clicks functionality works.

Regards

[Elashi]

Hi guys I know this is too late but . With this read only property why Long click on entry text which opens copy selectAll option is not opening.Some might want allow user to copy and select specific text which can be easily achieved using this ReadOnly property of Entry if default entry long clicks functionality works.

Regards

I believe that this is a basic requirement/feature/enhancement that should be enabled ASAP ! I cannot imagine a framework without this feature !