DatePicker does not honour the readonly attribute

[Rik]

If I create a read only input field that uses a KendoUI date picker element, It still appears to be possible to change the date...

for example

<input id="startDate" type="date" name="startDate" value="1 Sep 2011" readonly="readonly" data-role="datepicker" data-format="d MMM yyyy"  />

In Chrone, the field appears to be read only, and you can't click in the field and manually edit it with the keyboard.
However, you can click on the Kendo UI Calendar icon, which pops up a calendar. Using the calendar, you can choose a new date like normal, which updates the text in the field.

Is there something I should be doing to prevent this? Is it a bug?

[Brady]

I figure DatePicker doesn't feature a read only capability because if the date is read only, you don't need a picker. Except for uniform styling, something that all widget libraries universally ignore.

I use this workaround, and it works fine except for a very slight flicker when you click the calendar icon:

$(".datepicker-readonly").kendoDatePicker({

    format: "yyyy/MM/dd",

    open: function (e) {

        e.preventDefault();

    }

});

$(".datepicker-readonly").attr("readonly", "readonly");

[Jan Houwen]

Is it possible to do this dynamically, e.g. when switching from a form in view-mode to a form in edit-mode? Just changing the .open property of a control (after instantiation) is not effective.