{"id":6688,"date":"2018-09-02T04:57:48","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T08:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=6688"},"modified":"2021-12-08T11:32:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T16:32:00","slug":"disable-a-link-using-only-css-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/disable-a-link-using-only-css-html\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable a Link Using Only CSS and HTML"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So the real question is why would you want to disable a link? Wouldn&#8217;t it just make sense to have a none link text in its place?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, that could happen but as with anything web development, it is not that simple. You might want to disable a link based on certain conditions be it dynamic or served straight from the server in a disabled state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever the case, the good news is that it is not complicated in the least of terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/css\/\">CSS<\/a> allows us one of the simplest ways to get this done. It is lightweight, safe, and works with all major browsers whether <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/javascript\/\">JavaScript<\/a> is turned on or off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You Could, of Course, Disable a Link by Simulating<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can simulate a disabled link by simply hiding the real URL with no link text then style it appropriately. From the example below, you can see how this can be achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-markup\">&lt;div class=&quot;disableable&quot;&gt;\n &lt;a class=&quot;toggleLink&quot; href=&quot;example.php&quot;&gt;Some Text&lt;\/a&gt;\n &lt;span class=&quot;toggleLink&quot;&gt;Some Text&lt;\/span\n&lt;\/div&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Your CSS can be as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-css\">.disableable a.toggleLink { display: inline; }\n.disableable span.toggleLink { display: none; }<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Now all you need to do is track the even that will flip the span and the A to be either adopt the inline or none display properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using the Pure CSS and HTML Solution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we can simplify matters even more. Taking from the previous example we can have a single line of <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/html\/\">HTML<\/a> like so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-markup\">&lt;a class=&quot;disabled&quot; href=&quot;javascript:void(0)&quot;&gt;Some Text&lt;\/a&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>We then use the class &#8220;disabled&#8221; and the &#8220;href&#8221; can be set to do nothing using the JavaScript void function call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In your CSS you can style the URL anchor to make it look visually disabled. This is how you can do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-css\">.disabled {\n pointer-events: none;\n cursor: default; \/*optional*\/\n opacity: 0.6;\n }<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>With CSS you can disable all cursor events by setting pointer-events to none. The cursor can be set to default as a formality but since we are ignoring pointer-events including change of cursor this can be optional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, we give it a lowered opacity (gray) to give the user a visual cue that the link has been disabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There you have it. Any time you need to disable a URL you can simply add the &#8220;disabled&#8221; class to the URL tag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the real question is why would you want to disable a link? Wouldn&#8217;t it just make sense to have a none link text in its place? 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