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Disabling an option value in a select box in IE7

Asked by Leprechaun in Miscellaneous Web Development, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Tags: Internet Explorer

I have a form with various interrelated lists and options. Depending on the year selected by the user, particular options are made available in a SELECT list. Currently, I remove the inappropriate options using JavasScript.

Now I've been told that the inappropriate options need to stay but be DISABLED.

We use IE exclusively where I work--much to my frustration--and the problem is that IE does not support the "disabled" property for SELECT lists due to a long-standing bug. (I've read that IE8 no longer has this bug, but I don't have access to IE 8 to verify.)

What's the best workaround? (If possible, please supply a link to a site that employs the technique so I can verify that it'll work before I try to set it up.)

Thanks.
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<SELECT SIZE=5 NAME="first"    selectedIndex=-1 multiple>
<OPTION VALUE="1" >A</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="2">B</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="3">C</OPTION>
</SELECT>
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