html5 input readonly,HTML required readonly input in form

I had same requirement as yours and I figured out an easy way to do this.

If you want a "readonly" field to be "required" also (which is not supported by basic HTML), and you feel too lazy to add custom validation, then just make the field read only using jQuery this way:

IMPROVED

form the suggestions in comments

$(".readonly").on('keydown paste focus mousedown', function(e){

if(e.keyCode != 9) // ignore tab

e.preventDefault();

});

Credits: @Ed Bayiates, @Anton Shchyrov, @appel, @Edhrendal, @Peter Lenjo

ORIGINAL

$(".readonly").keydown(function(e){

e.preventDefault();

});