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How can I disable a listitem of a dropdownlistbox in javascript.

Apr 8th, 2008 18:56
ha mo, Dave Clark, dileep desamsetty,

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Dileep,
     As of IE6, individual OPTIONs of an HTML SELECT element can be 
disabled but this doesn't prevent their selection.  Thus, it must be 
handled programmatically -- as the following code demonstrates.
<form action="">
  <fieldset>
    <select size="1" onchange="
     if (this.options[this.selectedIndex].disabled) {
       this.selectedIndex = 0;
       return false;
     }
     alert(this.options[this.selectedIndex].text)
     return true;">
      <option>One</option>
      <option disabled="disabled">Two</option>
      <option>Three</option>
      <option disabled="disabled">Four</option>
      <option>Five</option>
      <option disabled="disabled">Six</option>
    </select>
  </fieldset>
</form>
     Beyond that, yes, you can programmtically disable and enable 
individual options, too.  For example:
var opt = document.forms['formName'].elements['selectName'].options;
opt[x].disabled = true;  // option is disabled
opt[x].disabled = false; // option is enabled
Take care,
Dave Clark
www.DaveClarkConsulting.com
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