Title: make form label read-only
Last modified: December 19, 2016

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# make form label read-only

 *  Resolved [mnnaturistsadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mnnaturistsadmin/)
 * (@mnnaturistsadmin)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-form-label-read-only/)
 * I am using Contact Form 7 and would like to know how to make a label defined 
   on the Form tab locked so it cannot be changed on the Mail form by the user. 
   For example, I want the email sent with a fixed subject and message to a fixed
   email address. I’m using the form in a widget that shows the label’s values, 
   but they are editable by the user.
 * I tried to use the “hidden” attribute, but that doesn’t work.
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [mnnaturistsadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mnnaturistsadmin/).
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [mnnaturistsadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mnnaturistsadmin/).

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 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-form-label-read-only/#post-8569597)
 * Why not just remove the Subject and Message fields from the form altogether, 
   and just hardcode those text strings into the MAIL >> Subject & MAIL >> Message
   fields?
 *  Thread Starter [mnnaturistsadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mnnaturistsadmin/)
 * (@mnnaturistsadmin)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-form-label-read-only/#post-8569671)
 * Thank you. I’m a new user and thought form labels were required in the Mail tab.
   I now understand that the Form tab’s labels are what is presented to the user
   to fill in and I can “hard code” the other parts of the Mail form.
 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-form-label-read-only/#post-8569840)
 * No problem. It’s a really versatile contact form, and takes a little while to
   get to know what can be acheived. The [Docs](http://contactform7.com/docs/) and
   [FAQs](http://contactform7.com/faq/) are excellent.

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## Tags

 * [email](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/email/)
 * [form](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/form/)
 * [hidden](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hidden/)
 * [label](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/label/)
 * [read-only](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/read-only/)
 * [restrict](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/restrict/)

 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-form-label-read-only/#post-8569840)
 * Status: resolved