title: Setting a control to readonly using jquery 1.6 .prop()
body: <p>With the release of jQuery 1.6, the recommendation on SO has been to generally start using prop() where you used to use attr().</p>
  
  <p>What happens when I want make an element readonly?</p>
  
  <pre><code>$('.control').prop('readonly', 'readonly');
  $('.control').prop('readonly', true);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Neither of these seem to make the control readonly. Is making an element readonly the exception to the rule?</p>