# Set 'form.readOnly' to true as default

**URL:** <https://forum.servoy.com/t/set-form-readonly-to-true-as-default/3073>\
**Category:** Classic Servoy\
**Created:** [November 16, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/set-form-readonly-to-true-as-default/3073 "2004-11-16T17:18:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![olivier\_melet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ba8739/32.png) [@olivier\_melet](https://forum.servoy.com/u/olivier_melet)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/set-form-readonly-to-true-as-default/3073/1 "2004-11-16T17:18:07Z")

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Hello,

It would be very nice to be able to set a form’s readOnly parameter to true (not modifiable) as default.

Could also be a solution parameter (all forms starting as readOnly, or all forms starting modifiable as today)

Currently the only solution we have to prevent user to modify data is to set readOnly to true at onShow, as this does NOT work at onLoad.

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**Author:** ![olivier\_melet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ba8739/32.png) [@olivier\_melet](https://forum.servoy.com/u/olivier_melet)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/set-form-readonly-to-true-as-default/3073/2 "2004-11-16T17:34:47Z")

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> as this does NOT work at onLoad.

Oops, this assertion is not completely true, it works when you load a simple form, but it does NOT work when the form is embedded into a tabpannel.

Should I write a bug report for this?