# combobox.readOnly

**URL:** <https://forum.servoy.com/t/combobox-readonly/1450>\
**Category:** Classic Servoy\
**Created:** [March 8, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/combobox-readonly/1450 "2004-03-08T16:42:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![IT2Be](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dc4da7/32.png) [@IT2Be](https://forum.servoy.com/u/IT2Be)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/combobox-readonly/1450/1 "2004-03-08T16:42:36Z")

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I use some comboboxes where I show a name and fill the attached dataprovider with an id.

When the combo is left empty or the field holds an id but there is no name attached the combobox sometimes shows the id (or 0) when the comobo is made readOnly through controller.readOnly()…

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**Author:** ![jcompagner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/jcompagner/32/4889_2.png) [@jcompagner](https://forum.servoy.com/u/jcompagner)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/combobox-readonly/1450/2 "2004-03-09T12:13:29Z")

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should be fixed in RC9