I have a link button inside a <td> which I have to disable. This works on IE but not working in Firefox and Chrome.
I tried all the following but not working on Firefox (using 1.4.2 js):
$(".myLink").attr('disabled', 'disabled');
$(".myLink").attr('disabled', true);
$(".myLink").attr('disabled', 'true');
Note - I cannot de-register the click function for the anchor tag as it is registered dynamically. AND I HAVE TO SHOW THE LINK IN DISABLED MODE.
You can't disable a link (in a portable way). You can use one of these techniques (each one with its own benefits and disadvantages).
CSS way
This should be the right way (but see later) to do it when most of browsers will support it:
a.disabled {
pointer-events: none;
}
It's what, for example, Bootstrap 3.x does. Currently (2016) it's well supported only by Chrome, FireFox and Opera (19+). Internet Explorer started to support this from version 11 but not for links however it's available in an outer element like:
span.disable-links {
pointer-events: none;
}
With:
<span class="disable-links">...</span>
Workaround
We, probably, need to define a CSS class for pointer-events: none but what if we reuse the disabled attribute instead of a CSS class? Strictly speaking disabled is not supported for <a> but browsers won't complain for unknown attributes. Using the disabled attribute IE will ignore pointer-events but it will honor IE specific disabled attribute; other CSS compliant browsers will ignore unknown disabled attribute and honor pointer-events. Easier to write than to explain:
a[disabled] {
pointer-events: none;
}
Another option for IE 11 is to set display of link elements to block or inline-block:
<a style="pointer-events: none; display: inline-block;" href="#">...</a>
Note that this may be a portable solution if you need to support IE (and you can change your HTML) but...
All this said please note that pointer-events disables only...pointer events. Links will still be navigable through keyboard then you also need to apply one of the other techniques described here.
Focus
In conjunction with above described CSS technique you may use tabindex in a non-standard way to prevent an element to be focused:
...
I never checked its compatibility with many browsers then you may want to test it by yourself before using this. It has the advantage to work without JavaScript. Unfortunately (but obviously) tabindex cannot be changed from CSS.
Intercept clicks
Use a href to a JavaScript function, check for the condition (or the disabled attribute itself) and do nothing in case.
$("td > a").on("click", function(event){
if ($(this).is("[disabled]")) {
event.preventDefault();
}
});
To disable links do this:
$("td > a").attr("disabled", "disabled");
To re-enable them:
$("td > a").removeAttr("disabled");
If you want instead of .is("[disabled]") you may use .attr("disabled") != undefined (jQuery 1.6+ will always return undefined when the attribute is not set) but is() is much more clear (thanks to Dave Stewart for this tip). Please note here I'm using the disabled attribute in a non-standard way, if you care about this then replace attribute with a class and replace .is("[disabled]") with .hasClass("disabled") (adding and removing with addClass() and removeClass()).
Zoltán Tamási noted in a comment that "in some cases the click event is already bound to some "real" function (for example using knockoutjs) In that case the event handler ordering can cause some troubles. Hence I implemented disabled links by binding a return false handler to the link's touchstart, mousedown and keydown events. It has some drawbacks (it will prevent touch scrolling started on the link)" but handling keyboard events also has the benefit to prevent keyboard navigation.
Note that if href isn't cleared it's possible for the user to manually visit that page.
Clear the link
Clear the href attribute. With this code you do not add an event handler but you change the link itself. Use this code to disable links:
$("td > a").each(function() {
this.data("href", this.attr("href"))
.attr("href", "javascript:void(0)")
.attr("disabled", "disabled");
});
And this one to re-enable them:
$("td > a").each(function() {
this.attr("href", this.data("href")).removeAttr("disabled");
});
Personally I do not like this solution very much (if you do not have to do more with disabled links) but it may be more compatible because of various way to follow a link.
Fake click handler
Add/remove an onclick function where you return false, link won't be followed. To disable links:
$("td > a").attr("disabled", "disabled").on("click", function() {
return false;
});
To re-enable them:
$("td > a").removeAttr("disabled").off("click");
I do not think there is a reason to prefer this solution instead of the first one.
Styling
Styling is even more simple, whatever solution you're using to disable the link we did add a disabled attribute so you can use following CSS rule:
a[disabled] {
color: gray;
}
If you're using a class instead of attribute:
a.disabled {
color: gray;
}
If you're using an UI framework you may see that disabled links aren't styled properly. Bootstrap 3.x, for example, handles this scenario and button is correctly styled both with disabled attribute and with .disabled class. If, instead, you're clearing the link (or using one of the others JavaScript techniques) you must also handle styling because an <a> without href is still painted as enabled.
Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)
Do not forget to also include an attribute aria-disabled="true" together with disabled attribute/class.
Got the fix in css.
td.disabledAnchor a{
pointer-events: none !important;
cursor: default;
color:Gray;
}
Above css when applied to the anchor tag will disable the click event.
For details checkout this link
Thanks to everyone that posted solutions (especially #AdrianoRepetti), I combined multiple approaches to provide some more advanced disabled functionality (and it works cross browser). The code is below (both ES2015 and coffeescript based on your preference).
This provides for multiple levels of defense so that Anchors marked as disable actually behave as such.
Using this approach, you get an anchor that you cannot:
click
tab to and hit return
tabbing to it will move focus to the next focusable element
it is aware if the anchor is subsequently enabled
How to
Include this css, as it is the first line of defense. This assumes the selector you use is a.disabled
a.disabled {
pointer-events: none;
cursor: default;
}
Next, instantiate this class on ready (with optional selector):
new AnchorDisabler()
ES2015 Class
npm install -S key.js
import {Key, Keycodes} from 'key.js'
export default class AnchorDisabler {
constructor (config = { selector: 'a.disabled' }) {
this.config = config
$(this.config.selector)
.click((ev) => this.onClick(ev))
.keyup((ev) => this.onKeyup(ev))
.focus((ev) => this.onFocus(ev))
}
isStillDisabled (ev) {
// since disabled can be a class or an attribute, and it can be dynamically removed, always recheck on a watched event
let target = $(ev.target)
if (target.hasClass('disabled') || target.prop('disabled') == 'disabled') {
return true
}
else {
return false
}
}
onFocus (ev) {
// if an attempt is made to focus on a disabled element, just move it along to the next focusable one.
if (!this.isStillDisabled(ev)) {
return
}
let focusables = $(':focusable')
if (!focusables) {
return
}
let current = focusables.index(ev.target)
let next = null
if (focusables.eq(current + 1).length) {
next = focusables.eq(current + 1)
} else {
next = focusables.eq(0)
}
if (next) {
next.focus()
}
}
onClick (ev) {
// disabled could be dynamically removed
if (!this.isStillDisabled(ev)) {
return
}
ev.preventDefault()
return false
}
onKeyup (ev) {
// We are only interested in disabling Enter so get out fast
if (Key.isNot(ev, Keycodes.ENTER)) {
return
}
// disabled could be dynamically removed
if (!this.isStillDisabled(ev)) {
return
}
ev.preventDefault()
return false
}
}
Coffescript class:
class AnchorDisabler
constructor: (selector = 'a.disabled') ->
$(selector).click(#onClick).keyup(#onKeyup).focus(#onFocus)
isStillDisabled: (ev) =>
### since disabled can be a class or an attribute, and it can be dynamically removed, always recheck on a watched event ###
target = $(ev.target)
return true if target.hasClass('disabled')
return true if target.attr('disabled') is 'disabled'
return false
onFocus: (ev) =>
### if an attempt is made to focus on a disabled element, just move it along to the next focusable one. ###
return unless #isStillDisabled(ev)
focusables = $(':focusable')
return unless focusables
current = focusables.index(ev.target)
next = (if focusables.eq(current + 1).length then focusables.eq(current + 1) else focusables.eq(0))
next.focus() if next
onClick: (ev) =>
# disabled could be dynamically removed
return unless #isStillDisabled(ev)
ev.preventDefault()
return false
onKeyup: (ev) =>
# 13 is the js key code for Enter, we are only interested in disabling that so get out fast
code = ev.keyCode or ev.which
return unless code is 13
# disabled could be dynamically removed
return unless #isStillDisabled(ev)
ev.preventDefault()
return false
Try the element:
$(td).find('a').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
Disabling a link works for me in Chrome: http://jsfiddle.net/KeesCBakker/LGYpz/.
Firefox doesn't seem to play nice. This example works:
<a id="a1" href="http://www.google.com">Google 1</a>
<a id="a2" href="http://www.google.com">Google 2</a>
$('#a1').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
$(document).on('click', 'a', function(e) {
if ($(this).attr('disabled') == 'disabled') {
e.preventDefault();
}
});
Note: added a 'live' statement for future disabled / enabled links.
Note2: changed 'live' into 'on'.
Bootstrap 4.1 provides a class named disabled and aria-disabled="true" attribute.
example"
<a href="#"
class="btn btn-primary btn-lg disabled"
tabindex="-1"
role="button" aria-disabled="true"
>
Primary link
</a>
More is on getbootstrap.com
So if you want to make it dynamically, and you don't want to care if it is button or ancor than
in JS script you need something like that
let $btn=$('.myClass');
$btn.attr('disabled', true);
if ($btn[0].tagName == 'A'){
$btn.off();
$btn.addClass('disabled');
$btn.attr('aria-disabled', true);
}
But be carefull
The solution only works on links with classes btn btn-link.
Sometimes bootstrap recommends using card-link class, in this case solution will not work.
Just add a css property:
<style>
a {
pointer-events: none;
}
</style>
Doing so you can disable the anchor tag.
I've ended up with the solution below, which can work with either an attribute, <a href="..." disabled="disabled">, or a class <a href="..." class="disabled">:
CSS Styles:
a[disabled=disabled], a.disabled {
color: gray;
cursor: default;
}
a[disabled=disabled]:hover, a.disabled:hover {
text-decoration: none;
}
Javascript (in jQuery ready):
$("a[disabled], a.disabled").on("click", function(e){
var $this = $(this);
if ($this.is("[disabled=disabled]") || $this.hasClass("disabled"))
e.preventDefault();
})
In Razor (.cshtml) you can do:
#{
var isDisabled = true;
}
Home
You can disable the HTML link as given below:
<style>
.disabled-link {
pointer-events: none;
}
</style>
Google.com
You can use inline JavaScript:
Google.com
you cannot disable a link, if you want that click event should not fire then simply Remove the action from that link.
$(td).find('a').attr('href', '');
For More Info :- Elements that can be Disabled
I would do something like
$('td').find('a').each(function(){
$(this).addClass('disabled-link');
});
$('.disabled-link').on('click', false);
something like this should work. You add a class for links you want to have disabled and then you return false when someone click them. To enable them just remove the class.
To disable link to access another page on touch device:
if (control == false)
document.getElementById('id_link').setAttribute('href', '#');
else
document.getElementById('id_link').setAttribute('href', 'page/link.html');
end if;
I would suggest turning the link into a button and using the 'disabled' attribute. You can see this issue to check how to convert a link to a button: How to create an HTML button that acts like a link
You can use this to disabled the Hyperlink of asp.net or link buttons in html.
$("td > a").attr("disabled", "disabled").on("click", function() {
return false;
});
There is one other possible way, and the one that I like best. Basically it's the same way lightbox disables a whole page, by placing a div and fiddling with z-index. Here is relevant snippets from a project of mine. This works in all browsers!!!!!
Javascript (jQuery):
var windowResizer = function(){
var offset = $('#back').offset();
var buttontop = offset.top;
var buttonleft = offset.left;
$('#backdisabler').css({'top':buttontop,'left':buttonleft,'visibility':'visible'});
offset = $('#next').offset();
buttontop = offset.top;
buttonleft = offset.left;
$('#nextdisabler').css({'top':buttontop,'left':buttonleft,'visibility':'visible'});
}
$(document).ready(function() {
$(window).resize(function() {
setTimeout(function() {
windowResizer();
}, 5); //when the maximize/restore buttons are pressed, we have to wait or it will fire to fast
});
});
and in html
<img src="images/icons/back.png" style="height: 50px; width: 50px" />
<img src="images/icons/next.png" style="height: 50px; width: 50px" />
<img id="backdisabler" src="images/icons/disabled.png" style="visibility: hidden; position: absolute; padding: 5px; height: 62px; width: 62px; z-index: 9000"/>
<img id="nextdisabler" src="images/icons/disabled.png" style="visibility: hidden; position: absolute; padding: 5px; height: 62px; width: 62px; z-index: 9000"/>
So the resizer finds the anchor's (the images are just arrows) locations and places the disabler on top. The disabler's image is a translucent grey square (change the width/height of the disablers in the html to match your link) to show that it is disabled. The floating allows the page to resize dynamically, and the disablers will follow suit in windowResizer(). You can find suitable images through google. I have placed the relevant css inline for simplicity.
then based on some condition,
$('#backdisabler').css({'visibility':'hidden'});
$('#nextdisabler').css({'visibility':'visible'});
I think a lot of these are over thinking. Add a class of whatever you want, like disabled_link. Then make the css have .disabled_link { display: none }
Boom now the user can't see the link so you won't have to worry about them clicking it. If they do something to satisfy the link being clickable, simply remove the class with jQuery: $("a.disabled_link").removeClass("super_disabled"). Boom done!
How do you make a button in Bootstrap 3 undepress automatically after being clicked?
To replicate my problem, make a page with some buttons, give them appropriate bootstrap classes (and include bootstrap):
<input id="one" type="button" class="btn btn-default" value="one">
<input id="two" type="button" class="btn btn-primary" value="two">
Load the page and click on one of the buttons. It becomes depressed and highlighted until you click somewhere else on the page (using FF29 and chrome35beta).
Inspecting the input element while clicked and unclicked doesn't show any additional classes being attached and removed from it.
Here's an example of Bootstrap buttons staying depressed: http://jsfiddle.net/52VtD/5166/
In your example, the buttons do not stay depressed. They stay focused. If you want to see the difference, do the following:
Click and hold on a button.
Release. You will see that when you release the mouse the button's appearance changes slightly, because it is no longer pressed.
If you do not want your buttons to stay focused after being released you can instruct the browser to take the focus out of them whenever you release the mouse.
Example
This example uses jQuery but you can achieve the same effect with vanilla JavaScript.
$(".btn").mouseup(function(){
$(this).blur();
})
Fiddle
Or you can just use an anchor tag which can be styled exactly the same, but since it's not a form element it doesn't retain focus:
one.
See the Anchor element section here: http://getbootstrap.com/css/#buttons
The button remains focused. To remove this efficiently you can add this query code to your project.
$(document).ready(function () {
$(".btn").click(function(event) {
// Removes focus of the button.
$(this).blur();
});
});
This also works for anchor links
$(document).ready(function () {
$(".navbar-nav li a").click(function(event) {
// Removes focus of the anchor link.
$(this).blur();
});
});
My preference:
<button onmousedown="event.preventDefault()" class="btn">Calculate</button>
Or angular way:
function blurElemDirective() {
return {
restrict: 'E',
link: function (scope, element, attrs) {
element.bind('click', function () {
element.blur();
});
}
};
}
app.directive('button', blurElemDirective);
app.directive('_MORE_ELEMENT_', blurElemDirective);
Replace _MORE_ELEMENT_ with your others elements.
Or attribute way:
function blurElemDirective() {
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: function (scope, element, attrs) {
element.bind('click', function () {
element.blur();
});
}
};
}
app.directive('blurMe', blurElemDirective);
Then add the attribute to your html element: blur-me
<button blur-me></button>
It's the browser's focus since it's a form element (input).
You can easily remove the focusing with a little css
input:focus {
outline: 0;
}
Here's the fiddle with your example: http://jsfiddle.net/52VtD/5167/
EDIT
Ah, I just saw now that the colour of the button itself changes too. Bootstrap changes the button of e.g. your btn-default button with this css:
.btn-default:focus {
color: #333;
background-color: #ebebeb;
border-color: #adadad;
}
If you don't want this behaviour, just overwrite it with your css.
This has to do with the :active and :focus element states. You need to modify the styles for those states for these buttons. For example, for the default button:
.btn-default:focus, .btn-default:active, .btn-default.active, .open .dropdown-toggle.btn-default {
color: #333;
background-color: #ccc;
border-color: #fff;
}
I'm using <a href> element along with :target css selector to show a <div> which by default is set to display:none. Problem is, that when I click on the link to show that <div>, it is automatically scrolling down my site towards that <div>.
Is there a way to stop the screen movement?
Unfortunately I am not yet proficient in anything besides CSS and HTML.
You can use event.preventDefault() to avoid this. Something like this:
$('a.yourclass').click(function(e)
{
//your code
e.preventDefault();
});
OR:
link
in the link enter:
Link here
You'll need JS anyway:
// (in jQuery)
$el.on('click', function(e) {
// find current scroll position
var pos = document.body.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollTop;
// let normal action propagate etc
// in the next available frame (async, hence setTimeout), reset scroll posiion
setTimeout(function() {
window.scrollTo(0, pos);
}, 1);
})
I don't know if this will flicker the screen. It might. It's a horrible hack either way.
In my Chrome, there's no flicker: http://jsfiddle.net/rudiedirkx/LEwNd/1/show/
There are two ways to tell the browser we don't want it to act:
The main way is to use the event object. There's a method
event.preventDefault().
If the handler is assigned using on (not by
addEventListener), then we can just return false from it.
Example:
Click here
or
here
This is a bit of a hack but you could use a basic css work around:
CSS only Example
#div1 {
height: 0;
overflow:hidden;
}
#div1:target {
height: auto;
margin-top: -110px;
padding-top: 110px;
}
#div2 {
background:red;
}
Click to show
<div id="div1">
<div id="div2">Content</div>
</div>
If you need it to be a little more flexible you can add some js...
More Flexible Example with JS
$('a').click(function () {
$('#div1').css({
'margin-top': 0 - $('#div1').position().top + $(window).scrollTop(),
'padding-top': $('#div1').position().top - $(window).scrollTop()
});
});
Basically you're pulling the top of div1 up with the negative margin and then pushing div2 back down with the padding, so that the top of div1 rests at the top of the window... Like I said its a hack but it does the trick.
Those links are anchor-links and by default made for those jumps :) You could use JS to prevent the default behaviour in some way. For example using jQuery:
$('a').click(function(e){e.preventDefault();});
or by default add return false; to the links
Avoid using :target all together and just use onclick event.
function myFunction()
{
document.getElementById('hiddenDiv').style.display = 'block';
return false;
}
I would like to add a section to an existing webpage, but only make it visible if the user types the URL with a particular anchor link. Is this possible? Or is it possible to redirect to a new page if the URL has a certain anchor link?
Since you don't mind using JS, you can listen to the onhashchange event to decide whether the specific section should show.
http://jsfiddle.net/C3kHT/
window.addEventListener("hashchange",function(){
if(location.hash=="#trap") /*show section*/
},false);
Sorry that I don't have an IE 8 at hand, so I'm not sure if the fiddle code actually work in IE 8.
To redirect if a url has a certain anchor:
var anchor = "#tag";
var url = "http://www.google.com";
if(window.location.indexOf(anchor) !== -1){
window.location = url;
}
Maybe try this. Start out with your hidden section set to display: none;, then use jQuery to unhide it based on the hash in the url.
CSS:
.hiddenDiv {
display: none;
}
jQuery:
function showDiv() {
if (window.location.hash === '#hashNecessaryToShowDiv') {
$('.hiddenDiv').css('display', 'block');
}
}
showDiv();
It has been discussed how to disable text from being selected:
How to disable text selection highlighting using CSS?
However, I have yet to find a solution that blocks the user from selecting text when dragging from outside the intended target. I'm looking for a solution that works in IE 7/8.
Any ideas?
The IE8- onselectstart event and unselectable attribute solutions have already been discussed.
The CSS solution has been published as well. Here is the gist:
<!-- save this file as unselectable.htc and remember where you put it -->
<public:component lightweight="true">
<public:attach event="ondocumentready" onevent="unselectable()" />
<script type="text/javascript">
function unselectable(){
element.onselectstart = function(){ return false; };
element.setAttribute('unselectable', 'on', 0);
}
</script>
</public:component>
/* add this rule to the existing CSS file */
.unselectable {
user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
behavior: url(unselectable.htc); /* change this path as needed */
}