I have a form with a bunch of text boxes, and drop down list boxes. Now, there are two access states to the page, read only and full access. On read only, I turn the txt box's properties to readOnly = true, instead of enable = false, because the light gray effect with enable=false isn't really eye friendly for "read only".

Now, there is no "read only" option for drop down list boxes, and enable=false makes the text on the DDL light gray and hard to read as well, you also can't see the options.

Is there a way to make the drop down list "read only" but not allow the user to change the option, but also allow the user to be able to read the text (black text just as normal...)???

Any help please? Thanks!