Find out if an option-group is disabled or not:
var x = document.getElementById("myOptgroup").disabled;
Click the button to find out if a group of options in the drop-down list are disabled.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <select size="6"> <option value="CSS">CSS</option> <option value="c++">C++</option> <optgroup id="myOptgroup" label="Programming Language" disabled> <option value="javascript">Javascript</option> <option value="html">HTML</option> <option value=""sql">SQL</option> </optgroup> </select>/*from www . ja v a 2s.c o m*/ <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() { var x = document.getElementById("myOptgroup").disabled; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>