How to disable link or td??

[kvijayhari]

i want to disable a link and it should not redirect to the specified page.

also i want to disable a <td> that means whatever the <td> contains should also be disabled..

what should i do ??

i tried disabled for the link and it produces a disable like view in IE7 but when clicked it goes to the target page and in firefox and mozilla the disable has no effect..


pls help to sort this out

[AutisticCuckoo]

The disabled attribute is only supported for the element types BUTTON, INPUT, OPTGROUP, OPTION, SELECT and TEXTAREA. Not for links or table cells.

The only compliant way to achieve what you are after is to use JavaScript (optionally along with some CSS to style the 'disabled' elements).

[kvijayhari]

can you hlp with an example code for this...

if u can please...

[AutisticCuckoo]

This really belongs in the JavaScript forum, but here's something to give you an idea. Let's assume that the link you want to disable has an ID equal to 'foo'.

var a = document.getElementById("foo");
a.className = "disabled";
a.onclick = function() {return false};

By setting the class to 'disabled', we can easily style the 'disabled' link with CSS:

a.disabled {color:#999; cursor:default}