<input type='date' readonly>

[jamesalancobban]

The page describing the use of input type=‘date’ describes readonly as if it was a special attribute relevant to type=‘date’, like the min and max attributes, rather than as a global attribute applicable to all form elements.

Also this description includes a paragraph which is repeated elsewhere on the site:

Note: Because a read-only field cannot have a value, required does not have any effect on inputs with the readonly attribute also specified.

But of course read-only fields can and almost always do have a value, but that value cannot be modified by the user. This paragraph should read “The required attribute is not permitted on inputs with the readonly attribute specified.” The browser should log a diagnostic warning thatrequired, and all of the other constraint attributes, is ignored for input elements which have readonly because the HTML5 standard says “if the readonly attribute is specified on an input element, the element is barred from constraint validation.”.

[chrisdavidmills]

Hi @jamesalancobban,

Thanks for posting this. I think you are right — we shouldn’t mention readonly as a special attribute on certain pages, as it is global.

To this end, I’ve deleted the mentions on

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/date
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/datetime-local

and left the explanation to the readonly section on the main page:

: The Input (Form Input) element

I added the note about required/readonly there as well.