diff --git a/sat_frontends/jp/output_xmlui.py b/sat_frontends/jp/output_xmlui.py
index cd35bd39..a8032f21 100644
--- a/sat_frontends/jp/output_xmlui.py
+++ b/sat_frontends/jp/output_xmlui.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class XMLUI(object):
 
     def xmlui(self, data):
         xmlui = xmlui_manager.create(self.host, data)
-        xmlui.show(values_only=True)
+        xmlui.show(values_only=True, read_only=True)
         self.host.disp(u"")
 
     def xmlui_list(self, data):
diff --git a/sat_frontends/jp/xmlui_manager.py b/sat_frontends/jp/xmlui_manager.py
index 9dead4dd..324c14a9 100644
--- a/sat_frontends/jp/xmlui_manager.py
+++ b/sat_frontends/jp/xmlui_manager.py
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class StringWidget(xmlui_base.StringWidget, InputWidget):
     type = u"string"
 
     def show(self):
-        if self.read_only:
+        if self.read_only or self.root.read_only:
             self.disp(self.value)
         else:
             elems = []
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class TextBoxWidget(xmlui_base.TextWidget, StringWidget):
 
     def show(self):
         self.verboseName()
-        if self.read_only:
+        if self.read_only or self.root.read_only:
             self.disp(self.value)
         else:
             if self.value:
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ class BoolWidget(xmlui_base.BoolWidget, InputWidget):
     def show(self):
         disp_true = A.color(A.FG_GREEN, u"TRUE")
         disp_false = A.color(A.FG_RED, u"FALSE")
-        if self.read_only:
+        if self.read_only or self.root.read_only:
             self.disp(disp_true if self.value else disp_false)
         else:
             self.disp(A.color(C.A_HEADER, u"0: ",