HTML | DOM Input Search disabled Property

Difficulty Level : Basic
Last Updated : 12 Mar, 2019

The DOM Input Search disabled Property in HTML DOM is used to return a boolean value that represents that a search field should be disabled or not.
Disabled elements are shown in gray by default and are unusable and un-clickable.

Syntax:

It returns the disabled property.
```
searchObject.disabled
```
It is used to set the disabled property.
```
searchObject.disabled = true
```

Property Values:

true: It specifies the search field is disabled.
false: It specifies the search field is not disabled.

Return Value: It returns a boolean value i.e. true if the search field is disabled or false if the search field is not disabled.

Example-1: This example returns the value of disabled property.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
      Input Search disabled Property 
  </title> 
    <style> 
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
        } 
          
        h2 { 
            font-family: Impact; 
        } 
          
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
  
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>Input Search Disabled Property</h2> 
    <form id="myGeeks"> 
        <input type="Search" 
               id="test" 
               name="myGeeks"
               placeholder="Type to search.." 
               disabled> 
    </form> 
    <br> 
    <br> 
    <button ondblclick="Access()"> 
      click here 
    </button> 
  
    <p id="check"
       style="font-size:24px; 
              color:green;"> 
  </p> 
  
    <script> 
        function Access() { 
  
            // type="search"  
            var s = document.getElementById( 
                "test").disabled; 
              
            document.getElementById( 
                "check").innerHTML = s; 
        } 
    </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:
Before Clicking On Button:

After Clicking On Button:

Example-2: This Example illustrates that how to set the Property.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>Input Search disabled Property</title> 
    <style> 
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
        } 
          
        h2 { 
            font-family: Impact; 
        } 
          
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
  
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>Input Search Disabled Property</h2> 
    <form id="myGeeks"> 
        <input type="Search"
               id="test"
               name="myGeeks" 
               placeholder="Type to search.."
               disabled> 
    </form> 
    <br> 
    <br> 
    <button ondblclick="Access()"> 
      click here 
    </button> 
  
    <p id="check" 
       style="font-size:24px; 
              color:green;"> 
  </p> 
  
    <script> 
        function Access() { 
  
            // type="search"  
            var s = document.getElementById( 
                "test").disabled = false; 
            
            document.getElementById( 
                "check").innerHTML = s; 
        } 
    </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html> 