Disable the drop down using JavaScript

There are two drop down boxes, when I select option 5 in first drop down then another drop down box should be disabled. While, drop down values are fetched from database.

<tr>
<td class="outside scrollable-menu"
style="border-style: none; border-bottom-style: none;">
Education<span
style="color: red;">*</span>
<form:select
path="educationBean.educationId" id="education"
class="form-control modalEdit">
<form:option hidden="hidden" value="">Education</form:option>
<c:forEach items="${educationList}" var="education">
<form:option value="${education.educationId}">${education.educationName}
</form:option>
</c:forEach>
</form:select>
</td>
<td class="outside scrollable-menu"
style="border-style: none; border-bottom-style: none;">
Degree<span
style="color: red;">*</span>
<form:select
path="degreeBean.degreeId" id="degree"
class="form-control modalEdit">
<form:option hidden="hidden" value="">Degree</form:option>
<c:forEach items="${degreeList}" var="degree">
<form:option value="${degree.degreeId}">${degree.degreeName}
</form:option>
</c:forEach>
</form:select>
</td>
</tr>


function disableDegree() {
if (document.getElementById("education").value === "5") {
document.getElementById("deg").disabled = "true";
} else {
document.getElementById("deg").disabled = "false";
}
}


3 Answers
3

I have added change handler for dropdown1, and in the handler check for the selected value and based on that disable the other dropdown.

Please see below runnable code snippet. I hope this is what you are expecting.

$('#Dropdown1').on('change', function() {
if($(this).val()== "5") {
$('#Dropdown2').prop("disabled", true);
} else {
$('#Dropdown2').prop("disabled", false);
}
});

https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js

<select id="Dropdown1">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
<option value="5">5</option>
</select>

<select id="Dropdown2">
<option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
<option value="saab">Saab</option>
<option value="mercedes">Mercedes</option>
<option value="audi">Audi</option>
</select>

we can disabled the dropdown box in following manner :
Example -
In html -

<select id="mySelect">
<option>Apple</option>
<option>Pear</option>
<option>Banana</option>
<option>Orange</option>
</select>


now in js code write :

function disable(){
document.getElementById("mySelect").disabled = true;


}

run this function whenever required.

you should try this

document.getElementById("deg").disabled = true;

i hope this will work

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