This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The HTMLSelectElement.disabled property is a boolean value that reflects the disabled HTML attribute, which indicates whether the control is disabled. If it is disabled, it does not accept clicks. A disabled element is unusable and un-clickable.
A boolean value.
<label> Allow drinks? <input id="allow-drinks" type="checkbox" /> </label> <label for="drink-select">Drink selection:</label> <select id="drink-select" disabled> <option value="1">Water</option> <option value="2">Beer</option> <option value="3">Pepsi</option> <option value="4">Whisky</option> </select>
const allowDrinksCheckbox = document.getElementById("allow-drinks");
const drinkSelect = document.getElementById("drink-select");
allowDrinksCheckbox.addEventListener(
"change",
(event) => {
drinkSelect.disabled = !event.target.checked;
},
false,
);
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # dom-fe-disabled> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
disabled |
1 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 10.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 1 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLSelectElement/disabled