Making a Custom List filed as Read only (Non - editable)

Question

How can a Custom List Field be made Read only i.e., the user should not be able to modify the field's value in edit mode of List Item.

Thanks in advance

Shaiju P. Thomas

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shaiju

Answer 1

Two options:

1) You hide the field in the edit mode using a feature: see Customize SharePoint list form rendering in new, edit and display mode
2) You keep it visible in the edit mode, but you make it readonly: see How to set default values based on a query string and make those fields uneditable

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Answer 2

This is another approach mentioned in MSDN library that I came across

Convert a Sharepoint Custom list Field to Read-Only

Thanks

Shaiju P. Thomas

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shaiju