Input Text disabled Property
Example
Disable a text field:
document.getElementById("myText").disabled = true;
The result will be:
Definition and Usage
The disabled property sets or returns whether a text field is disabled, or not.
A disabled element is unusable and un-clickable. Disabled elements are usually rendered in gray by default in browsers.
Browser Support
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| disabled | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
Return the disabled property:
textObject.disabled
Set the disabled property:
textObject.disabled=true|false
Property Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| true|false |
Specifies whether a
text field should be disabled or not.
|
Technical Details
| Return Value: | A Boolean, returns true if the text field is disabled, otherwise it returns false |
|---|
More Examples
Example
Find out if a text field is disabled or not:
var x = document.getElementById("myText").disabled;
The result of x will be:
false
Try it Yourself »
Example
Disable and undisable a text field:
function disableTxt() {
document.getElementById("myText").disabled = true;
}
function undisableTxt() {
document.getElementById("myText").disabled = false;
}
Try it Yourself »
document.getElementById("myText").disabled = true;
}
function undisableTxt() {
document.getElementById("myText").disabled = false;
}
Related Pages
HTML reference: HTML <input> disabled attribute
Input Text Object
