Disallow text input on iPad

[Kjell]

I would like to make the datepicker readonly but still allow the user to select the date via the picker.

I've tried:

$("#datepicker").attr("disabled", "disabled");

This works on my PC but not on the iPad, on the iPad it appears to disable the picker as well.  In addition I don't want the visual style to change though I could probably figure out how to fix that.

I also tried:

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

This one actually does exactly what I want when testing on a PC, but again on the iPad it appears to also disable the picker.  How do I get the behavior on the iPad to match so the picker is enabled but the user cannot input text?

[Kjell]

nevermind...please delete this thread