Hello Harry,
_textBoxElement is a property, which is normally for internal use, that's why it is not documented officially. The standard operations aimed at the RadInput textbox controls are executed via API methods, instead of referencing the textbox DOM element directly. Setting readOnly is an exception, as it is uncommon to toggle this property client-side.
Regards,
Dimo
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