HTMLSelectElement: disabled property

Baseline Widely available

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.

Value

A boolean value.

Examples

HTML

html
<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>

JavaScript

js
const allowDrinksCheckbox = document.getElementById("allow-drinks");
const drinkSelect = document.getElementById("drink-select");

allowDrinksCheckbox.addEventListener("change", (event) => {
  drinkSelect.disabled = !event.target.checked;
});

Result

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-fe-disabled

Browser compatibility

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
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 1 (Release date: 2004-11-09)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 9 (Release date: 2006-06-20)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 3 (Release date: 2007-10-26)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 10.1 (Release date: 2010-11-09)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support