Find out if a drop-down list is disabled or not:
var x = document.getElementById("mySelect").disabled;
Click the button to find out if the dropdown list is disabled.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <select id="mySelect" disabled> <option>CSS</option> <option>Java</option> <option>HTML</option> </select>/*from w ww . j av a 2 s. c o m*/ <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() { var x = document.getElementById("mySelect").disabled; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>