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

JavaScript

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

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

Result

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-fe-disabled

Browser compatibility