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c#asp.netdrop-down-menu
Ken Hall
Ken Hall

Reputation: 127

Is there a way to make an item in a DropDownList not selectable?

I have an ASP.net dropdownlist with four items, 

<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server">
      <asp:ListItem Selected="True" Value="0">Select Payment Method</asp:ListItem>
      <asp:ListItem>Credit Card</asp:ListItem>
      <asp:ListItem>PayPal</asp:ListItem>
      <asp:ListItem>WeKea Store Gift Card</asp:ListItem>
</asp:DropDownList>

Is there a way to make "Select Payment Method" not selectable? I read through all the properties of an ASP.net DDL and I dont see anything of the sort.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 133

Answers (1)

haldo
haldo

Reputation: 16701

You can use the disabled attribute (see here) and apply it to the ListItem: 

<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server">
    <asp:ListItem Selected="True" Value="0" disabled="disabled">Select Payment Method</asp:ListItem>
    <asp:ListItem>Credit Card</asp:ListItem>
    <asp:ListItem>PayPal</asp:ListItem>
    <asp:ListItem>WeKea Store Gift Card</asp:ListItem>
</asp:DropDownList>

This will render the option as greyed out and it will not be selectable. However, the selected=True will override that and it will be displayed as selected when the page loads, which I think is what you want.

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Upvotes: 1

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