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    copied!<p>I want to know how can I disable and enable the highlighting on an HTML table using javascript by clicking an html button.</p> <p>Here are my codes:</p> <p><b><code>tabletest.html</code></b></p> <pre><code>&lt;html&gt; &lt;head&gt; &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt; function disableTable() { document.getElementbyId('tblTest').disabled = true; } function enableTable() { document.getElementbyId('tblTest').disabled = false; } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;style type="text/css"&gt; table#tblTest { width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; font-family: verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size:12px; color:#333333; border-width: 1px; border-color: #666666; border-collapse: collapse; } table#tblTest tr.highlight td { background-color: #8888ff; } table#tblTest tr.normal { background-color: #ffffff; } table#tblTest th { white-space: nowrap; border-width: 1px; padding: 8px; border-style: solid; border-color: #666666; background-color: #dedede; } table#tblTest td { border-width: 1px; padding: 8px; border-style: solid; border-color: #666666; background-color: #ffffff; } &lt;/style&gt; &lt;/head&gt; &lt;body&gt; &lt;table id="tblTest"&gt; &lt;thead&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;Name&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th&gt;Address&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/thead&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr onMouseOver="this.className='highlight'" onMouseOut="this.className='normal'" &gt; &lt;td&gt;Tom&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;UK &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr onMouseOver="this.className='highlight'" onMouseOut="this.className='normal'" &gt; &lt;td&gt;Hans&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Germany&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr onMouseOver="this.className='highlight'" onMouseOut="this.className='normal'" &gt; &lt;td&gt;Henrik&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Denmark&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr onMouseOver="this.className='highlight'" onMouseOut="this.className='normal'" &gt; &lt;td&gt;Lionel&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Italy&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr onMouseOver="this.className='highlight'" onMouseOut="this.className='normal'" &gt; &lt;td&gt;Ricardo&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Brazil&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr onMouseOver="this.className='highlight'" onMouseOut="this.className='normal'" &gt; &lt;td&gt;Cristiano&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Portugal&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;input type="button" onclick="disableTable();" value="Disable" /&gt; &lt;input type="button" onclick="enableTable()" value="Enable" /&gt; &lt;/body&gt; &lt;/html&gt; </code></pre> <p>Whenever I click the <code>Disable</code> button the table highlighting is still enabled. I'm kinda new to this so I really need your help.</p>
 

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