:disabled

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The:disabledCSS pseudo-class represents any disabled element. An element is disabled if it can't be activated (selected, clicked on, typed into, etc.) or accept focus. The element also has an enabled state, in which it can be activated or accept focus.

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label {  display: block;  margin-top: 1em;}*:disabled {  background-color: dimgrey;  color: linen;  opacity: 1;}

<form>  <label for="name">Name:</label>  <input name="name" type="text" />  <label for="emp">Employed:</label>  <select name="emp" disabled>    <option>No</option>    <option>Yes</option>  </select>  <label for="empDate">Employment Date:</label>  <input name="empDate" type="date" disabled />  <label for="resume">Resume:</label>  <input name="resume" type="file" /></form>

Syntax

css

:disabled {  /* ... */}

Examples

This example shows a basic shipping form. It uses theJavaScript change event to let the user enable/disable the billing fields.

HTML

html

<form action="#">  <fieldset>    <legend>Shipping address</legend>    <input type="text" placeholder="Name" />    <input type="text" placeholder="Address" />    <input type="text" placeholder="Zip Code" />  </fieldset>  <br />  <fieldset>    <legend>Billing address</legend>    <label for="billing-checkbox">Same as shipping address:</label>    <input type="checkbox" checked />    <br />    <input type="text" placeholder="Name" disabled />    <input type="text" placeholder="Address" disabled />    <input type="text" placeholder="Zip Code" disabled />  </fieldset></form>

CSS

css

input[type="text"]:disabled {  background: #cccccc;}

JavaScript

Toggle the disabled input fields when the checkbox is clicked

const checkbox = document.querySelector("#billing-checkbox");const billingItems = document.querySelectorAll('#billing input[type="text"]');checkbox.addEventListener("change", () => {  billingItems.forEach((item) => {    item.disabled = !item.disabled;  });});