November 8, 2022
How to Make Input Field Disabled in HTML
In this tutorial, you will learn how to make input field disabled in HTML. When you are creating a form, you may want to disable some of the input elements.
To make the input field disabled, we have to use the disabled
attribute. The disabled attribute is a Boolean attribute. The disabled attribute is used to specify that the input element should be disabled so that a user could not enter any value in it.
In the following example, we will make an input field disabled. Please have a look over the code example and the steps given below.
HTML
- In the HTML file, we have 2 elements (
label
andinput
). - The
label
element is used to specify a label for an input field. The value offor
attribute is set to the email of the corresponding input field. - The input element specifies an input field where the user can enter data.
- The input has a
type
attribute with a value of the text, aname
attribute with the value of email, and anid
attribute with a value of email. Thedisabled
attribute specifies that the input element is disabled.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>input field disabled</title> </head> <body> <label for="email">Email:</label> <input type="text" name="email" id="email" disabled> </body> </html>