Question

I want prevent user to select dropdown list items using javascript methods. Is there anyway use OnMouseKeyDown so I can stop there. I donot want use Enable=false.

Javascripts gurus, help me out.

Answer 1

If you want the user to be able to open the select box but not change the selection, you can do the following:

<select onchange="this[0].selected = true">
<option>1</option>
<option>2</option>
<option>3</option>
</select>

Where you change the selected index to the item you wish to keep selected. As a side note, this usually isn’t a very good idea from a user interface perspective.