[Javascript] disabled menus

[Chuck Soper]

I really like your "artificial listcontrol" control that you posted here:
<http://www.novitskisoftware.com/demos/DisabledListOptions/DisabledListOptions.html> 
Thanks.

Also, at the bottom of this page is a disabled example that works in IE for me:
http://www.glasshaus.com/formsreference/selectboxes.htm

For this project, I'm targeting Mac browsers and not too concerned 
about IE compatibility this time.

Chuck

At 12:48 PM -0800 3/1/05, Paul Novitski wrote:
>At 11:59 PM 2/28/2005, Chuck Soper wrote:
>>I added the following line to the popuplateBreadSelect function:
>>   element.setAttribute("disabled", "disabled");
>>but, it doesn't work.
>
>Chuck,
>
>Sorry, when I tested the disabled attribute before I posted my 
>response I didn't take the time to check it cross-browser.  Internet 
>Explorer doesn't support it:
>
>         "The disabled attribute can be set and retrieved. However, 
>the functionality specified by the HTML 4.0 Non-Microsoft link 
>standard is not implemented for this property.
>         "There is no functionality implemented for this property 
>unless defined by the author."
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/properties/disabled_3.asp
>
>I built my own select list out of spare parts that does support 'disabled':
>http://www.novitskisoftware.com/demos/DisabledListOptions/DisabledListOptions.html
>
>However, in retrospect, I can see that a simpler solution would have 
>been simply to use JavaScript to force IE to obey the disabled 
>attribute.  Let me know if you'd like to pursue that path.
>
>Paul
>
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