jQuery UI Menu disable() Method

Last Updated : 26 May, 2022

jQuery UI consists of GUI widgets, visual effects, and themes implemented using HTML, CSS, and jQuery. jQuery UI is great for building UI interfaces for the webpages. The jQuery UI Menu widget creates a menu list that is used for mouse and keyboard interactions.

The jQuery UI Menu disable() method is used to disable the menu items widget.

Syntax:

$(".selector").menu( "disable" );

Parameters: This method does not accept any parameter.

CDN Link: First, add jQuery UI scripts needed for your project.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css”>
<script src=”//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js”></script>
<script src=”//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js”></script>

Example: This example describes the uses of the jQuery UI Menu disable() method.

HTML

<!doctype html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <meta charset="utf-8"> 
    <title>  jQuery UI Menu disable() Method </title> 
      
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
"//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css"> 
    <script src= 
"//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script> 
    <script src= 
"//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"> 
    </script> 
  
    <style> 
        .ui-menu { 
            width: 300px; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <h1 style="color:green;"> 
        GeeksforGeeks 
    </h1> 
  
    <h3>jQuery UI Menu disable() Method</h3> 
  
    <ul id="menu"> 
        <li> 
            <div>Programming Languages</div> 
            <ul> 
                <li> 
                    <div>C Programming</div> 
                </li> 
                <li> 
                    <div>C++ Programming</div> 
                </li> 
                <li> 
                    <div>Java Programming</div> 
                </li> 
            </ul> 
        </li> 
        <li> 
            <div>Web Technology</div> 
            <ul> 
                <li> 
                    <div>HTML</div> 
                </li> 
                <li> 
                    <div>CSS</div> 
                </li> 
                <li> 
                    <div>JavaScript</div> 
                </li> 
            </ul> 
        </li> 
        <li> 
            <div>Computer Networks</div> 
        </li> 
        <li> 
            <div>Operating System</div> 
        </li> 
    </ul> 
    <br><br> 
  
    <input type="button" id="btn" 
        value="Disable Menu" 
        style="padding: 5px 15px;"> 
  
    <script> 
        $(document).ready(function () { 
            $("#menu").menu(); 
  
            $("#btn").on('click', function() { 
                $("#menu").menu("disable"); 
            }); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</body> 
</html>