HTMLInputElement: disabled property

The HTMLInputElement.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

<p>
  <label>
    <input id="check-box" name="b" value="1" type="checkbox" disabled /> Check
    this box!
  </label>
</p>
<p>
  <label>
    <input id="toggle-box" name="b" value="2" type="checkbox" /> Enable the
    other checkbox.
  </label>
</p>

JavaScript

const checkBox = document.getElementById("check-box");
const toggleBox = document.getElementById("toggle-box");

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

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility