DYNAMICALLY disable links with CSS?

[Steve Pugh]

Re: DYNAMICALLY disable links with CSS?

google-2003-03@kjsmith.com (Karl Smith) wrote:
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>Steve Pugh <steve@pugh.net > wrote:
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>> Mark Johnson <102334.12@comp userve.com> wrote:
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>> >I wanted it simply to be treated as text, even though it is
>> >marked up with an anchor tag in the XHTML.[/color]
>>
>> There is no way in CSS to remove the link from an <a> element without
>> removing the whole element.[/color]
>
>To disable a link using only CSS, no JavaScript, position a
>transparent element over the link text and give it a higher z-index so
>it is "in front of" the link text.[/color]

Does that also disable the link if the user is navigating with the
keyboard rather than the mouse?

Steve

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[Karl Smith]

Re: DYNAMICALLY disable links with CSS?

Steve Pugh <steve@pugh.net > wrote in message news:
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> google-2003-03@kjsmith.com (Karl Smith) wrote:
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> >Steve Pugh <steve@pugh.net > wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> Mark Johnson <102334.12@comp userve.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I wanted it simply to be treated as text, even though it is
> >> >marked up with an anchor tag in the XHTML.
> >>
> >> There is no way in CSS to remove the link from an <a> element without
> >> removing the whole element.[/color]
> >
> >To disable a link using only CSS, no JavaScript, position a
> >transparent element over the link text and give it a higher z-index so
> >it is "in front of" the link text.[/color]
>
> Does that also disable the link if the user is navigating with the
> keyboard rather than the mouse?[/color]

I doubt it, but I've never figured out keyboard controls. I wasn't
really disagreeing with aything you've written here, it's just my
(accurate, I believe) response to the OP's original query:

"You have an, a, anchor with href link. Can you use a stylesheet to
effectively disable the link, so that you can't click on it; that it
will appear simply as text?"

But the original question seems to have developed into a moving target
since then.

--
Karl Smith.

[Karl Smith]

Re: DYNAMICALLY disable links with CSS?

Steve Pugh <steve@pugh.net > wrote in message news:
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> google-2003-03@kjsmith.com (Karl Smith) wrote:
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> >Steve Pugh <steve@pugh.net > wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> Mark Johnson <102334.12@comp userve.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I wanted it simply to be treated as text, even though it is
> >> >marked up with an anchor tag in the XHTML.
> >>
> >> There is no way in CSS to remove the link from an <a> element without
> >> removing the whole element.[/color]
> >
> >To disable a link using only CSS, no JavaScript, position a
> >transparent element over the link text and give it a higher z-index so
> >it is "in front of" the link text.[/color]
>
> Does that also disable the link if the user is navigating with the
> keyboard rather than the mouse?[/color]

I doubt it, but I've never figured out keyboard controls. I wasn't
really disagreeing with aything you've written here, it's just my
(accurate, I believe) response to the OP's original query:

"You have an, a, anchor with href link. Can you use a stylesheet to
effectively disable the link, so that you can't click on it; that it
will appear simply as text?"

But the original question seems to have developed into a moving target
since then.

--
Karl Smith.