diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget.inc.php
index fc333bfb00..9afb9bcfea 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget.inc.php
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ class etemplate_widget
 	 * @param string $idx the index, may contain sub-indices like a[b], see example below
 	 * @param boolean $reference_into default False, if True none-existing sub-arrays/-indices get created to be returned as referenz, else False is returned
 	 * @param bool $skip_empty returns false if $idx is not present in $arr
-	 * @return mixed reference to $arr[$idx] or false if $idx is not set and not $reference_into
+	 * @return mixed reference to $arr[$idx] or null if $idx is not set and not $reference_into
 	 */
 	static function &get_array(&$arr,$idx,$reference_into=False,$skip_empty=False)
 	{
@@ -732,9 +732,9 @@ class etemplate_widget
 			if (!is_array($pos) && (!$reference_into || $reference_into && isset($pos)))
 			{
 				//if ($reference_into) error_log(__METHOD__."(".(strlen($s=array2string($arr))>512?substr($s,0,512).'...':$s).", '$idx', ".array2string($reference_into).", ".array2string($skip_empty).") ".function_backtrace());
-				return False;
+				return null;
 			}
-			if($skip_empty && (!is_array($pos) || !isset($pos[$idx]))) return false;
+			if($skip_empty && (!is_array($pos) || !isset($pos[$idx]))) return null;
 			$pos = &$pos[$idx];
 		}
 		return $pos;
@@ -760,9 +760,14 @@ class etemplate_widget
 			$form_name = self::form_name($cname, $this->id, $expand);
 		}
 		$readonly = $this->attrs['readonly'] || self::$request->readonlys[$form_name] ||
-			isset(self::$request->readonlys['__ALL__']) && self::$request->readonlys[$form_name] !== false;
+			self::get_array(self::$request->readonlys,$form_name) === true ||
+			isset(self::$request->readonlys['__ALL__']) && (
+				// Exceptions to all
+				self::$request->readonlys[$form_name] !== false &&
+				self::get_array(self::$request->readonlys,$form_name) !== false
+			);
 
-		//error_log(__METHOD__."('$cname') this->id='$this->id' --> form_name='$form_name': attrs[readonly]=".array2string($this->attrs['readonly']).", readonlys['$form_name']=".array2string(self::$request->readonlys[$form_name]).", readonlys['__ALL__']=".array2string(self::$request->readonlys['__ALL__'])." returning ".array2string($readonly));
+		error_log(__METHOD__."('$cname') this->id='$this->id' --> form_name='$form_name': attrs[readonly]=".array2string($this->attrs['readonly']).", readonlys['$form_name']=".array2string(self::$request->readonlys[$form_name]).", readonlys[$form_name]=".array2string(self::get_array(self::$request->readonlys,$form_name)).", readonlys['__ALL__']=".array2string(self::$request->readonlys['__ALL__'])." returning ".array2string($readonly));
 		return $readonly;
 	}
 	/**
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_menupopup.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_menupopup.inc.php
index fffa6b6188..c0d53ce4fb 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_menupopup.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_menupopup.inc.php
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ class etemplate_widget_menupopup extends etemplate_widget
 			$valid = $value;
 			//error_log(__METHOD__."() $form_name: ".array2string($value_in).' --> '.array2string($value).', allowed='.array2string($allowed));
 		}
+		else
+		{
+			//error_log($this . "($form_name) is read-only, skipping validate");
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/etemplate/js/et2_core_arrayMgr.js b/etemplate/js/et2_core_arrayMgr.js
index 642bf71220..951cfdcff9 100644
--- a/etemplate/js/et2_core_arrayMgr.js
+++ b/etemplate/js/et2_core_arrayMgr.js
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ var et2_arrayMgr = Class.extend(
 	 *
 	 * Expands variables inside the given identifier to their values inside the
 	 * content array.
+	 *
+	 * @parm {string} _ident Key used to reference into managed array
+	 * @return {*}
 	 */
 	expandName : function(_ident) {
 		// Check whether the identifier refers to an index in the content array
@@ -366,7 +369,6 @@ var et2_arrayMgr = Class.extend(
  */
 var et2_readonlysArrayMgr = et2_arrayMgr.extend(
 {
-	splitIds: false,
 
 	/**
 	 * @memberOf et2_readonlysArrayMgr
@@ -380,7 +382,12 @@ var et2_readonlysArrayMgr = et2_arrayMgr.extend(
 
 		if (_id != null)
 		{
+			if(_id.indexOf('$') >= 0 || _id.indexOf('@') >= 0)
+			{
+				_id = this.expandName(_id);
+			}
 			entry = this.getEntry(_id);
+			
 		}
 
 		// Let the array entry override the read only attribute entry
@@ -404,8 +411,21 @@ var et2_readonlysArrayMgr = et2_arrayMgr.extend(
 		// Otherwise return the default value
 		entry = this.getEntry("__ALL__");
 		return entry !== null && (typeof entry != "undefined");
-	}
+	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Override parent to handle cont and row_cont.
+	 *
+	 * Normally these should refer to the readonlys data, but that's not
+	 * useful, so we use the owner inside perspective data to expand using content.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} ident Key for searching into the array.
+	 * @returns {*}
+	 */
+	expandName: function(ident)
+	{
+		return this.perspectiveData.owner.getArrayMgr('content').expandName(ident)
+	}
 });
 
 /**