How to disable mouse event on certain elements using JavaScript?



Following is the code for disabling mouse event on certain elements using JavaScript −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <title>Document</title> <style>    body {       font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;    }    .result {       font-size: 18px;       font-weight: 500;       color: rebeccapurple;    }    .size {       font-size: 30px;    } </style> </head> <body> <h1>Disable Mouse events using JavaScript</h1> <div class="result">This is some text inside a div</div> <button class="Btn">DISABLE</button> <button class="Btn">ENABLE</button> <h3> Click on the above button to enable or disable mouse events </h3> <script>    let resEle = document.querySelector(".result");    let sampleEle = document.querySelector(".sample");    let BtnEle = document.querySelectorAll(".Btn");    resEle.addEventListener("click", () => {       resEle.classList.toggle("size");    });    BtnEle[0].addEventListener("click", () => {       resEle.style.pointerEvents = "none";    });    BtnEle[1].addEventListener("click", () => {       resEle.style.pointerEvents = "auto";    }); </script> </body> </html>

Output

The above code will produce the following output −

On clicking the text in purple above −

On clicking the ‘DISABLE’ button and then clicking the text −

On clicking the ‘ENABLE’ button and then clicking on the text −

Updated on: 2020-07-17T08:38:57+05:30

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