how to disable DIV element and everything inside
JavascriptJqueryHtmlCssJavascript Problem Overview
I need to disable a DIV and all it's content using Javascript. I can swear that doing a simple
<div disabled="true">
was working for me before, but for some reason it no longer works. I don't understand why.
In IE10: the text "Click Me" is not greyed out and click handler still works.
I actually need this working for IE10. Below is my code.
<html>
<script>
function disableTest(){
document.getElementById("test").disabled = true;
var nodes = document.getElementById("test").getElementsByTagName('*');
for(var i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++){
nodes[i].disabled = true;
}
}
</script>
<body onload="disableTest();">
<div id="test">
<div onclick="alert('hello');">
Click Me
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
The following css statement disables click events
pointer-events:none;
Solution 2 - Javascript
Try this!
$("#test *").attr("disabled", "disabled").off('click');
I don't see you using jquery above, but you have it listed as a tag.
Solution 3 - Javascript
pure javascript no jQuery
function sah() {
$("#div2").attr("disabled", "disabled").off('click');
var x1=$("#div2").hasClass("disabledDiv");
(x1==true)?$("#div2").removeClass("disabledDiv"):$("#div2").addClass("disabledDiv");
sah1(document.getElementById("div1"));
}
function sah1(el) {
try {
el.disabled = el.disabled ? false : true;
} catch (E) {}
if (el.childNodes && el.childNodes.length > 0) {
for (var x = 0; x < el.childNodes.length; x++) {
sah1(el.childNodes[x]);
}
}
}
#div2{
padding:5px 10px;
background-color:#777;
width:150px;
margin-bottom:20px;
}
.disabledDiv {
pointer-events: none;
opacity: 0.4;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="div1">
<div id="div2" onclick="alert('Hello')">Click me</div>
<input type="text" value="SAH Computer" />
<br />
<input type="button" value="SAH Computer" />
<br />
<input type="radio" name="sex" value="Male" />Male
<Br />
<input type="radio" name="sex" value="Female" />Female
<Br />
</div>
<Br />
<Br />
<input type="button" value="Click" onclick="sah()" />
Solution 4 - Javascript
I think inline scripts are hard to stop instead you can try with this:
<div id="test">
<div>Click Me</div>
</div>
and script:
$(function () {
$('#test').children().click(function(){
alert('hello');
});
$('#test').children().off('click');
});
Solution 5 - Javascript
You can't use "disable" to disable a click event. I don't know how or if it worked in IE6-9, but it didn't work on Chrome, and it shouldn't work on IE10 like that.
You can disable the onclick event, too, by attaching an event that cancels:
;(function () {
function cancel () { return false; };
document.getElementById("test").disabled = true;
var nodes = document.getElementById("test").getElementsByTagName('*');
console.log(nodes);
for (var i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++) {
nodes[i].setAttribute('disabled', true);
nodes[i].onclick = cancel;
}
}());
Furthermore, setting "disabled" on a node directly doesn't necessarily add the attribute- using setAttribute does.