HTML | DOM Select disabled Property

Last Updated : 09 Jun, 2022

The DOM Select disabled Property in HTML DOM is used to set or return whether a drop-down list should be disabled. A disabled element is un-clickable or unusable and is usually rendered grey color by default in Browser. This Property is used to reflect the HTML disabled attribute.

Syntax:

It returns the disabled property.
```
selectObject.disabled
```
It is used to set the disabled property.
```
selectObject.disabled = true|false
```

Property Values:

true: It specify that the drop-down list would be disabled.
false: It specify that the drop-down list would not be disabled. It is false by default.

Return Value: It returns a boolean value which represents that the dropdown list would be disabled or not.

Example: This Example returns a disabled Property,

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
        Select disabled Property in HTML 
    </title> 
    <style> 
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
        } 
          
        h2 { 
            font-family: Impact; 
        } 
          
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
  
    <h1>  
    GeeksforGeeks  
</h1> 
    <h2>  
    Select disabled Property  
</h2> 
  
    <select name="Courses Titles"
            id="myCourses" 
            disabled> 
        <option value="C++">c++</option> 
        <option value="Placement">Placement</option> 
        <option value="Java">Java</option> 
        <option value="Python">Python</option> 
    </select> 
  
    <p> 
        To return a disabled course from the 
      dropdown list, double-click the "Select" button. 
    </p> 
  
    <button ondblclick="My_list()"> 
        Select 
    </button> 
    <p id="sudo" 
       style="font-size:24px; 
              color:green"> 
  </p> 
    <script> 
        function My_list() { 
            var g = document.getElementById( 
                "myCourses").disabled; 
            document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = g; 
        } 
    </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:
Before Clicking On Button:

After Clicking On Button:

Example-2: This Example sets the disabled Property.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
        Select disabled Property in HTML 
    </title> 
    <style> 
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
        } 
          
        h2 { 
            font-family: Impact; 
        } 
          
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
  
    <h1>  
    GeeksforGeeks  
</h1> 
    <h2>  
    Select disabled Property  
</h2> 
  
    <select name="Courses Titles" 
            id="myCourses" 
            disabled> 
        <option value="C++">c++</option> 
        <option value="Placement">Placement</option> 
        <option value="Java">Java</option> 
        <option value="Python">Python</option> 
    </select> 
  
    <p> 
        To set a disabled course from the dropdown  
      list, double-click the "Select" button. 
    </p> 
  
    <button ondblclick="My_list()"> 
        Select 
    </button> 
    <p id="sudo"
       style="font-size:24px; 
              color:green"> 
  </p> 
    <script> 
        function My_list() { 
            var g = document.getElementById( 
                "myCourses").disabled = "false"; 
            document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = g; 
        } 
    </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html> 