How to change font-color for disabled input?

Question

I need to change the style for a disabled input element in CSS.

Answer 1

It is the solution that I found for this problem:

//If IE

inputElement.writeAttribute("unselectable", "on");

//Other browsers

inputElement.writeAttribute("disabled", "disabled");

By using this trick, you can add style sheet to your input element that works in IE and other browsers on your not-editable input box.

Answer 2

The following gets you pretty close in IE8 and works in other browsers too.

In your html:

<input type="text" 
       readonly="readonly"    <!-- disallow editting -->
       onfocus="this.blur();" <!-- prevent focus -->
       tabindex="-1"          <!-- disallow tabbing -->
       class="disabledInput"  <!-- change the color with CSS -->
       />

In your CSS:

.disabledInput {
    color: black;
}

In IE8, there is a slight amount of border color change on hover. Some CSS for input.disabledInput:hover could probably take care of this.

Answer 3

This works for making disabled select options act as headers. It doesnt remove the default text shadow of the :disabled option but it does remove the hover effect. In IE you wont get the font color but at least the text-shadow is gone. Here is the html and css:

select option.disabled:disabled{color: #5C3333;background-color: #fff;font-weight: bold;}
select option.disabled:hover{color:  #5C3333 !important;background-color: #fff;}
select option:hover{color: #fde8c4;background-color: #5C3333;}

<select>
     <option class="disabled" disabled>Header1</option>
     <option>Item1</option>
     <option>Item1</option>
     <option>Item1</option>
     <option class="disabled" disabled>Header2</option>
     <option>Item2</option>
     <option>Item2</option>
     <option>Item2</option>
     <option class="disabled" disabled>Header3</option>
     <option>Item3</option>
     <option>Item3</option>
     <option>Item3</option>
</select>

Answer 4

You could use the following style with opacity

input[disabled="disabled"], select[disabled="disabled"], textarea[disabled="disabled"] {
    opacity: 0.85 !important;
}

or a specific CSS class

.ui-state-disabled{
    opacity: 0.85 !important;
}