jQWidgets jqxListBox enableSelection Property

Last Updated : 07 Oct, 2021

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful, optimized, platform-independent, and widely supported framework. The jqxListBox is used to illustrate a jQuery ListBox widget which comprises a list of electable elements.

The enableSelection property is used to enable or disable the selection. It is of type Boolean and its default value is true.

Syntax:

To set the enableSelection property:

$("#jqxListBox").jqxListBox({enableSelection: false});

To get the enableSelection property:

var enableSelection = 
    $('#jqxListBox').jqxListBox('enableSelection');

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the link. In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css” type=”text/css” />
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqx-all.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcore.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxscrollbar.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxlistbox.js”></script>

The below example illustrates the jqxListBox enableSelection property in jQWidgets.

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <link rel="stylesheet" 
              href="jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" 
              type="text/css" /> 
        <script type="text/javascript"
                src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"> 
        </script> 
        <script type="text/javascript" 
                src="jqwidgets/jqx-all.js"> 
        </script> 
        <script type="text/javascript" 
                src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"> 
        </script> 
        <script type="text/javascript" 
                src="jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js"> 
        </script> 
        <script type="text/javascript" 
                src="jqwidgets/jqxscrollbar.js"> 
        </script> 
        <script type="text/javascript" 
                src="jqwidgets/jqxlistbox.js"> 
        </script> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <center> 
            <h1 style="color: green;"> 
                GeeksforGeeks 
            </h1> 
            <h3> 
                jQWidgets jqxListBox  
                enableSelection Property 
            </h3> 
            <div id="jqxLB"></div> 
            <br /> 
            <input type="button" id="jqxBtn" 
                   style="padding: 5px 20px;" 
                   value="Boolean" /> 
            <div id="log"></div> 
        </center> 
  
        <script type="text/javascript"> 
            $(document).ready(function () { 
                var data = ["C", "CSS", "C++"]; 
  
                $("#jqxLB").jqxListBox({ 
                    source: data, 
                    width: "200px", 
                    height: "80px", 
                    enableSelection: false 
                }); 
  
                $("#jqxBtn").on("click", function () { 
                    var ens = $("#jqxLB").jqxListBox("enableSelection"); 
                    $("#log").text(ens); 
                }); 
            }); 
        </script> 
    </body> 
</html>