diff --git a/imgui_internal.h b/imgui_internal.h
index 5a1816547..3cc3ef512 100644
--- a/imgui_internal.h
+++ b/imgui_internal.h
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ struct IMGUI_API ImGuiInputTextState
     ImGuiInputTextFlags     Flags;                  // copy of InputText() flags. may be used to check if e.g. ImGuiInputTextFlags_Password is set.
     ImGuiID                 ID;                     // widget id owning the text state
     int                     TextLen;                // UTF-8 length of the string in TextA (in bytes)
-    const char*             TextSrc;                // == TextA.Data unless read-only, in which case == buf passed to InputText(). Field only set and valid _inside_ the call InputText() call.
+    const char*             TextSrc;                // == TextA.Data unless read-only, in which case == buf passed to InputText(). For _ReadOnly fields, pointer will be null outside the InputText() call.
     ImVector<char>          TextA;                  // main UTF8 buffer. TextA.Size is a buffer size! Should always be >= buf_size passed by user (and of course >= CurLenA + 1).
     ImVector<char>          TextToRevertTo;         // value to revert to when pressing Escape = backup of end-user buffer at the time of focus (in UTF-8, unaltered)
     ImVector<char>          CallbackTextBackup;     // temporary storage for callback to support automatic reconcile of undo-stack
@@ -1267,6 +1267,7 @@ struct IMGUI_API ImGuiInputTextState
     int         GetCursorPos() const;
     int         GetSelectionStart() const;
     int         GetSelectionEnd() const;
+    void        SetSelection(int start, int end);
     void        SelectAll();
 
     // Reload user buf (WIP #2890)
diff --git a/imgui_widgets.cpp b/imgui_widgets.cpp
index e64c59eac..c557ddbe6 100644
--- a/imgui_widgets.cpp
+++ b/imgui_widgets.cpp
@@ -4304,6 +4304,7 @@ void ImGuiInputTextState::ClearSelection()                  { Stb->select_start
 int  ImGuiInputTextState::GetCursorPos() const              { return Stb->cursor; }
 int  ImGuiInputTextState::GetSelectionStart() const         { return Stb->select_start; }
 int  ImGuiInputTextState::GetSelectionEnd() const           { return Stb->select_end; }
+void ImGuiInputTextState::SetSelection(int start, int end)  { Stb->select_start = start; Stb->cursor = Stb->select_end = end; }
 float ImGuiInputTextState::GetPreferredOffsetX() const      { return Stb->has_preferred_x ? Stb->preferred_x : -1; }
 void ImGuiInputTextState::SelectAll()                       { Stb->select_start = 0; Stb->cursor = Stb->select_end = TextLen; Stb->has_preferred_x = 0; }
 void ImGuiInputTextState::ReloadUserBufAndSelectAll()       { WantReloadUserBuf = true; ReloadSelectionStart = 0; ReloadSelectionEnd = INT_MAX; }
@@ -5630,7 +5631,7 @@ bool ImGui::InputTextEx(const char* label, const char* hint, char* buf, int buf_
             g.LastItemData.StatusFlags = item_data_backup.StatusFlags;
         }
     }
-    if (state)
+    if (state && is_readonly)
         state->TextSrc = NULL;
 
     // Log as text