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Is there any functionality in the select box widget to support the HTML <option> disabled Attribute as demonstrated here: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_option_disabled.asp?

I have a need to include options in a drop down that are no longer active, but the option needs to exist for historical purposes.

Sean

If there isn't, you could always just Javascript to setup the options onload().

Static
getObj('Dropdown1').innerHTML = '<option value="volvo" disabled>Volvo</option<option value="saab">Saab</option><option value="vw">VW</option><option value="audi">Audi</option>';

Dynamic
Assign RPGVAR to a hidden output character field, 200A; create html options in RPG.
getObj('Dropdown1').innerHTML = get('RPGVAR');

-Bill

Rather than replace the innerHTML of the DOM element, why not just set it to disabled?
It's true that you'd need to use a hidden field (or similar) from RPG to indicate somehow which options to disable, but that shouldn't be too hard if the drop-down is also loaded from RPG.

Thanks for these suggestions, but the drop-down is loaded via SQL...

I thought there might be some hidden functionality (eg. a hidden second column for disabling options).

Sean