How to disable a link

[sruthi reddy]

Hi
I need to enable or disable a link <a href="link.html">click here</a> depending on a intial intial condition yes or no. Can anyone suggest me how to do this.
Thanks
sruthi

[Gregg Bolinger]

You can't really disable a link. Not like you can an input element. The general pattern is if you can't click it you shouldn't see it. If that is not an option you can remove the href attribute or replace the link with a block element like a span or div.

[Eric Pascarello]

Gregg's idea is best, but here is another way: http://radio.javaranch.com/pascarello/2005/05/17/1116355421179.html

Eric

[Gregg Bolinger]

Originally posted by Eric Pascarello:
Gregg's idea is best, but here is another way: http://radio.javaranch.com/pascarello/2005/05/17/1116355421179.html

Eric

Note that disabling JavaScript will make Eric's solution fail. If you can control that (intranet site vs internet site) then his solution would work great.
[ October 27, 2008: Message edited by: Gregg Bolinger ]