if a text_field_tag form helper in rails is disabled, does it not submit?

Question

I have a text_field_tag in my form, i really want it just for display (all my jquery updates this text field), using a date picker. Though I don't want the user to type in here, so I said the :disabled => true and sure enough it is disabled, values change here but in my ajax remote call they do not save, only if that text_field_tag is enabled does it save. Is there any work around this?

Answer 1

Use :readonly => true instead.

An important difference between readonly and disabled is that disabled does not include the field when the form is submitted while readonly does.