Disabling a anchor tag using javascript

[karthisys@yahoo.co.in]

hi,

I will explain my need pls give me a solutuion.

I got Some two or three anchor tags in a jsp page.While onclick of one <a href= ..> tag it is calling one of the javascript function some background process is going on.so upto that process it should not possible for the user to click other <a href=..> tags.

[boogyman]

<a href="javascript:void(0)">BLAHBLAH</a>

[mburt]

<a href="#" onclick="return false">BLAH BLAH BLAH</a>

[Twey]

If no appropriate href can be given, a button should be used instead.

[kencl]

He only wants to disable it temporarily.

You'll need a flag to keep track of whether or not the link should be active. Get your background process to set it to false until it's finished processing.

var Link_Enabled_Flag = false; // disable links - background process changes this to true when it's done

function Check_Link_Enabled{ return Link_Enabled_Flag; }

Then in your link just have <a href="wherever.com" onclick="return Check_Link_Enabled()">

[Twey]

function Check_Link_Enabled(){ return Link_Enabled_Flag; }

But yes, that's so.

[mburt]

Brackets are important

[kencl]

oops... my bad :()

[srujana]

hai..i too want the code that..i have 10 anchor tags in a jsp page.if i click one anchor tag and the remaining 9 anchor tags must be disabled.is it possible in jsp's using javascript.please help me..iam waiting for ur reply..reply me soon

[jscheuer1]

Yes. Just do as outlined in the above posts.