[Lazarus] Opinions required on what the ReadOnly property should do for LCL controls.

[Gerard N/A]

>
> I agree, 'readonly' is a different state to 'enabled=false'.  Maybe
> all components should point a little icon over a readonly component,
> like Gnome's Nautilus does? :) See attached screenshot.
>
> I have never seen a widgetset do that on components, but wonder how
> the users would react to seeing that? Umm...
>

I  like the general idea, but Nautilius icon is everything but clear.
I wouldn't know what it means if you haven't told me ;-)
Maybe a little lock somewhere would be more clear, but that's a lot of work
if you want to make it consistent across all controls.

G.
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