Make Textarea Readonly

How can we make a textarea which displays html data as readonly

            {strip}
                {$payout.comments|html_entity_decode}
            {/strip}

This code still allows user to edit the textarea

How can we make a textarea which displays html data as readonly

            {strip}
                {$payout.comments|html_entity_decode}
            {/strip}

This code still allows user to edit the textarea

Could you provide more details on where this textarea will be used?

In Vendor Admin > Company > Account Balance. below the payout entries.

In Vendor Admin > Company > Account Balance. below the payout entries.

You should edit the design/backend/templates/views/companies/balance.tpl file in this case.

I did not find the "cm-readonly" microformat, so use the readonly="readonly" parameter for the text area field