diff --git a/background/settings.ts b/background/settings.ts
index a1550130e..6d75ab5d4 100644
--- a/background/settings.ts
+++ b/background/settings.ts
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ export const updatePayload_ = function (shortKey: keyof SettingsNS.FrontendCompl
           && Build.OS & kBOS.MAC && (Build.OS === kBOS.MAC as number || !os_) ? kKeyLayout.ignoreCaps : 0)
       break
     case "d": value = value ? " D" : ""; break
+    case "p": case "y":
+      value = value.replace(":default", shortKey === "p" ? defaults_.passEsc : defaults_.ignoreReadonly)
+      break
     default: if (0) { shortKey satisfies never } break // lgtm [js/unreachable-statement]
     }
     return obj ? (obj as Generalized<SettingsNS.FrontendSettingCache>)[shortKey] = value : value
@@ -357,6 +360,7 @@ saladict@crimx.com`
     filterLinkHints: false,
     grabBackFocus: false,
     hideHud: false,
+    ignoreReadonly: "#read-only-cursor-text-area", // GitHub file content
     keyLayout: kKeyLayout.Default,
     keyboard: [560, 33],
     keyupTime: 120,
@@ -505,7 +509,7 @@ export const frontUpdateAllowed_: ReadonlyArray<keyof SettingsNS.FrontUpdateAllo
 
 export const valuesToLoad_ = {
     __proto__: null as never,
-    filterLinkHints: "f", keyLayout: "l", keyboard: "k", keyupTime: "u",
+    filterLinkHints: "f", ignoreReadonly: "y", keyLayout: "l", keyboard: "k", keyupTime: "u",
     linkHintCharacters: "c", linkHintNumbers: "n", mouseReachable: "e", passEsc: "p",
     regexFindMode: "r", smoothScroll: "s", scrollStepSize: "t", waitForEnter: "w"
 } satisfies SettingsNS.AutoSyncedNameMap & SafeObject as SettingsNS.AutoSyncedNameMap
diff --git a/content/insert.ts b/content/insert.ts
index c5dc8fd2c..f43845e4b 100644
--- a/content/insert.ts
+++ b/content/insert.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
 import {
   activeEl_unsafe_, getEditableType_, getEventPath, getSelection_, frameElement_, deepActiveEl_unsafe_, blur_unsafe,
   SafeEl_not_ff_, MDW, fullscreenEl_unsafe_, removeEl_s, isNode_, BU, docHasFocus_, getRootNode_mounted, testMatch,
-  TryGetShadowRoot_
+  TryGetShadowRoot_, isAriaFalse_
 } from "../lib/dom_utils"
 import { post_, runFallbackKey, runtime_port, safePost } from "./port"
 import { getParentVApi, ui_box, ui_root } from "./dom_ui"
@@ -256,9 +256,16 @@ export const onFocus = (event: Event | FocusEvent): void => {
     }
   }
   lastWndFocusTime = 0;
-  if (getEditableType_<EventTarget>(target)) {
+  let match: boolean | void, readOnly: boolean, type: EditableType | boolean
+  if (type = getEditableType_<EventTarget>(target)) {
     if (grabBackFocus) {
       (grabBackFocus as Exclude<typeof grabBackFocus, boolean>)(event, target);
+    } else if (readOnly =
+          (type as number | boolean as EditableType) > EditableType.MaxNotTextBox && (target as TextElement).readOnly
+          || (type as number | boolean as EditableType) > EditableType.MaxNotEditableElement
+              && !isAriaFalse_(target, kAria.readOnly),
+        readOnly && (match = safeCall(testMatch, fgCache.y, [target]), match != null ? match : (fgCache.y = ""))) {
+      /* empty */
     } else {
       esc!(HandlerResult.Nothing)
       lock_ = target
diff --git a/i18n/zh/options.json b/i18n/zh/options.json
index b2355bd8b..c35652c07 100644
--- a/i18n/zh/options.json
+++ b/i18n/zh/options.json
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@
   "95": "如何在其它扩展程序的私有页面中使用 Vimium C？",
   "95_2": "ESC 键兼容模式",
   "95_3": "输入文字时，指定在哪些文本框上放行“ESC”键的按下事件并推迟移除焦点。默认值可便于在部分网站上收起搜索建议。",
+  "95_4": "要忽略的只读文本",
+  "95_5": "如果键盘焦点在只读文本上，指定在哪些文本框上要继续触发快捷键。",
   "96": "定制搜索框页面",
   "97": "例如：",
   "98": "或",
diff --git a/i18n/zh_TW/options.json b/i18n/zh_TW/options.json
index ecc466c53..868d8f0e1 100644
--- a/i18n/zh_TW/options.json
+++ b/i18n/zh_TW/options.json
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@
   "95": "如何在其他擴充程式的私有頁面中使用 Vimium C？",
   "95_2": "ESC 鍵兼容模式",
   "95_3": "輸入文字時，指定在哪些輸入框上放行“ESC”鍵的按下事件並推遲移除焦點。默認值可便於在部分網站上收起搜尋建議。",
+  "95_4": "要忽略的只讀文字",
+  "95_5": "如果鍵盤焦點在只讀文字上，指定在哪些文字方塊上要繼續觸發快速鍵。",
   "96": "定制搜尋框頁面",
   "97": "例如：",
   "98": "或",
diff --git a/lib/dom_utils.ts b/lib/dom_utils.ts
index 00c2a9cbc..4f10978ff 100644
--- a/lib/dom_utils.ts
+++ b/lib/dom_utils.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ interface kNodeToType {
 export const DAC = "DOMActivate", MDW = "mousedown", CLK = "click", HDN = "hidden", NONE = "none"
 export const INP = "input", BU = "blur", ALA = "aria-label", PGH = "pagehide"
 export const kDir = ["backward", "forward"] as const, kGCh = "character"
-export const AriaArray = ["aria-hidden", "aria-disabled", "aria-haspopup"] as const
+export const AriaArray = ["aria-hidden", "aria-disabled", "aria-haspopup", "aria-readonly"] as const
 
 //#region data and DOM-shortcut section
 
@@ -423,8 +423,9 @@ export const isRawStyleVisible = (style: CSSStyleDeclaration): boolean => style.
 
 export const isAriaFalse_ = (element: SafeElement, ariaType: kAria): boolean => {
     let s = Build.BTypes === BrowserType.Safari as number|| !(Build.BTypes & ~(BrowserType.Chrome | BrowserType.Safari))
-        && Build.MinCVer >= BrowserVer.MinCorrectAriaSelected ? ariaType > kAria.disabled ? element.ariaHasPopup
-        : ariaType < kAria.disabled ? element.ariaHidden : element.ariaDisabled as string | null
+        && Build.MinCVer >= BrowserVer.MinCorrectAriaSelected
+        ? ariaType > kAria.disabled ? ariaType > kAria.hasPopup ? element.ariaReadOnly : element.ariaHasPopup
+          : ariaType < kAria.disabled ? element.ariaHidden : element.ariaDisabled as string | null
         : element.getAttribute(AriaArray[ariaType])
     return s === null || (!!s && Lower(s) === "false") || !!(evenHidden_ & (kHidden.BASE_ARIA << ariaType))
 }
diff --git a/pages/options.html b/pages/options.html
index 8c1b64ab3..074329d6f 100644
--- a/pages/options.html
+++ b/pages/options.html
@@ -706,14 +706,26 @@
         <tr>
           <td class="caption" data-i="95_2">Compatibility of Escape</td>
           <td>
-            <input id="passEsc" type="text" inputmode="text" lang="en" data-model="NonEmptyText" autocomplete="off" />
+            <input id="passEsc" type="text" inputmode="text" lang="en" data-model="CssSelector" autocomplete="off" />
             <div class="info" data-i="nonEmpty">Delete all to reset this option.</div>
           </td>
-          <td class="help"><div class="help-inner break-all" data-i="95_3">
+          <td class="help"><div class="help-inner" data-i="95_3">
             In plain insert mode, specify when to pass <kbd>Escape</kbd> keydown events to pages and delay blurring.
             The default value may collapse some search suggestions.
           </div></td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td class="caption" data-i="95_4">Ignore list of readonly textbox</td>
+          <td>
+            <input id="ignoreReadonly" type="text" inputmode="text" lang="en" data-model="CssSelector"
+                autocomplete="off" />
+            <div class="info" data-i="nonEmpty">Delete all to reset this option.</div>
+          </td>
+          <td class="help"><div class="help-inner" data-i="95_5">
+            If a readonly textbox gets focused, specify if to keep a current normal mode,
+            or otherwise to enter insert mode.
+          </div></td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td class="caption" data-i="96">Preferred Vomnibar page</td>
           <td>
diff --git a/pages/options_base.ts b/pages/options_base.ts
index a596bcd5c..d44f646cc 100644
--- a/pages/options_base.ts
+++ b/pages/options_base.ts
@@ -205,12 +205,12 @@ export const bgSettings_ = {
   },
   valuesToLoad_: {
     __proto__: null as never,
-    filterLinkHints: "f", keyLayout: "l", mouseReachable: "e",
+    filterLinkHints: "f", ignoreReadonly: "y", keyLayout: "l", mouseReachable: "e",
     keyboard: "k", keyupTime: "u", linkHintCharacters: "c", linkHintNumbers: "n", passEsc: "p",
     regexFindMode: "r", smoothScroll: "s", scrollStepSize: "t", waitForEnter: "w"
   } satisfies SettingsNS.AutoSyncedNameMap & SafeObject as SettingsNS.AutoSyncedNameMap,
   complexValuesToLoad_: {
-    __proto__: null as never, c: 1, n: 1, l: 1, d: 1
+    __proto__: null as never, c: 1, n: 1, l: 1, d: 1, p: 1, y: 1
   } satisfies TypedSafeEnum<SettingsNS.FrontendComplexSyncingItems>
 }
 
diff --git a/pages/options_defs.ts b/pages/options_defs.ts
index 41a0e89bc..124d1687b 100644
--- a/pages/options_defs.ts
+++ b/pages/options_defs.ts
@@ -357,6 +357,22 @@ export class NonEmptyTextOption_<T extends TextOptionNames> extends TextOption_<
   }
 }
 
+const kPseudoDefault = ":default"
+
+export class CssSelectorOption_ extends TextOption_<"passEsc" | "ignoreReadonly"> {
+  override readValueFromElement_(): string {
+    let value = super.readValueFromElement_()
+    value = value.replace(<RegExpOne> /:default\(.*?\)/, kPseudoDefault)
+    value = value !== kPseudoDefault ? value.replace(<RegExpG> /,\s+/g, ",") : bgSettings_.defaults_[this.field_]
+    return value
+  }
+  override formatValue_ (value: string): string {
+    value = value !== bgSettings_.defaults_[this.field_] ? value : kPseudoDefault
+    value = value.replace(kPseudoDefault, `${kPseudoDefault}(${bgSettings_.defaults_[this.field_]})`)
+    return value.replace(<RegExpG> /,/g, ", ")
+  }
+}
+
 export type JSONOptionNames = PossibleOptionNames<object>
 export class JSONOption_<T extends JSONOptionNames> extends TextOption_<T> {
   override formatValue_ (obj: AllowedOptions[T]): string {
@@ -537,7 +553,7 @@ export const createNewOption_ = ((): <T extends keyof AllowedOptions> (_element:
   const types = {
     Number: NumberOption_, Boolean: BooleanOption_,
     Text: TextOption_, NonEmptyText: NonEmptyTextOption_, JSON: JSONOption_, MaskedText: MaskedText_,
-    ExclusionRules: ExclusionRulesOption_
+    ExclusionRules: ExclusionRulesOption_, CssSelector: CssSelectorOption_,
   }
   const createOption = <T extends keyof AllowedOptions> (element: HTMLElement): Option_<T> => {
     const cls = types[(element.dataset as KnownOptionsDataset).model as "Text"]
@@ -777,11 +793,6 @@ Option_.all_.autoReduceMotion.onSave_ = function (): void {
   })
 }
 
-Option_.all_.passEsc.readValueFromElement_ = function (): string {
-  return NonEmptyTextOption_.prototype.readValueFromElement_.call(this).replace(<RegExpG> /, /g, ",")
-}
-Option_.all_.passEsc.formatValue_ = (value: string): string => value.replace(<RegExpG> /,/g, ", ")
-
 const onBeforeUnload = (): string => {
   setTimeout((): void => { // wait until the confirmation dialog returning
     setTimeout((): void => { // ensure the result is neither closing nor reloading
diff --git a/typings/base/base.d.ts b/typings/base/base.d.ts
index d72f38a62..4ea27c047 100644
--- a/typings/base/base.d.ts
+++ b/typings/base/base.d.ts
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ interface Element {
   ariaDisabled?: boolean | string | null
   ariaHasPopup?: string | null
   ariaHidden?: string | null
+  ariaReadOnly?: string | null
 }
 interface HTMLElement {
   focus (options?: { preventScroll?: boolean }): void
diff --git a/typings/messages.d.ts b/typings/messages.d.ts
index c6a45b3ba..2cbc4a057 100644
--- a/typings/messages.d.ts
+++ b/typings/messages.d.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ interface ParsedSearch {
   /** error */ e?: string | null;
 }
 
-declare const enum kAria { hidden = 0, disabled = 1, hasPopup = 2 }
+declare const enum kAria { hidden = 0, disabled = 1, hasPopup = 2, readOnly = 3 }
 declare const enum kHidden {
   None = 0, VisibilityHidden = 1, OverflowHidden = 2, Size0 = 4,
   BASE_ARIA = 16, AriaHidden = BASE_ARIA << kAria.hidden, AriaDisabled = BASE_ARIA << kAria.disabled,
diff --git a/typings/vimium_c.d.ts b/typings/vimium_c.d.ts
index 93a3fbd6a..e90f792f4 100644
--- a/typings/vimium_c.d.ts
+++ b/typings/vimium_c.d.ts
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ declare const enum kKeyLayout {
 }
 declare namespace SettingsNS {
   interface DirectlySyncedItems {
+    /** ignoreReadonly */ y: ["ignoreReadonly", string]
     /** keyLayout */ l: ["keyLayout", kKeyLayout]
     /** keyboard */ k: ["keyboard", [delay: number, interval: number, /** on Firefox */ screenRefreshRate?: number]]
     /** linkHintCharacters */ c: ["linkHintCharacters", string];
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ declare namespace SettingsNS {
 
   interface AutoSyncedItems extends DirectlySyncedItems {}
   interface FrontendSettingsSyncingItems extends AutoSyncedItems, ManuallySyncedItems {}
-  type FrontendComplexSyncingItems = Pick<FrontendSettingsSyncingItems, "c" | "n" | "l" | "d">
+  type FrontendComplexSyncingItems = Pick<FrontendSettingsSyncingItems, "c" | "n" | "l" | "d" | "p" | "y">
   interface DeclaredFrontendValues extends SelectValueType<ManuallySyncedItems & OneTimeItems>, DeclaredConstValues {
   }
   type AutoSyncedNameMap = SelectNameToKey<AutoSyncedItems>