# Disabled AutoComplete Items

Some specific scenarios require the control over the `enabled/disabled` state of the different AutoComplete items. Once an item is disabled it cannot be selected as a value for the component but based on the accessibility requirements of your application it could be `focusable` or `not focusable`, when navigating the different items using a keyboard.

The [skipDisabledItems](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/components/dropdowns/api/autocompleteprops#skipdisableditems) property of the `AutoComplete` controls how the disabled items will be handled in a keyboard navigation scenarios. In this article you can see how the component behaves in the following scenarios:

* [Disabled items that are not focused when working with the keyboard](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/components/dropdowns/autocomplete/disabled-item#disabled-items-without-keyboard-focusing)
* [Disabled items that are focused when working with the keyboard](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/components/dropdowns/autocomplete/disabled-item#disabled-items-with-keyboard-focusing)
* [Grouped data that contains disabled items that are not focused when working with the keyboard](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/components/dropdowns/autocomplete/disabled-item#disabled-items-without-keyboard-focusing-grouping)
* [Grouped data that contains disabled items that are focused when working with the keyboard](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/components/dropdowns/autocomplete/disabled-item#disabled-items-with-keyboard-focusing-grouping)

## Disabled Items Without Keyboard Focusing

The following demo showcases disabled items that cannot not be focused.

[Demo Source](https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/dropdowns/autocomplete/disabled-item/disabled-item-not-focusable/source.txt)

## Disabled Items With Keyboard Focusing

The following demo showcases disabled items that cannot not be focused using the mouse but can be focused using the keyboard, selecting such item will not change the value of the AutoComplete.

[Demo Source](https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/dropdowns/autocomplete/disabled-item/disabled-item-focusable/source.txt)

## Disabled Items Without Keyboard Focusing + Grouping

The following demo displays how you can combine grouping with disabled items that cannot not be focused.

[Demo Source](https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/dropdowns/autocomplete/disabled-item/disabled-item-not-focusable-grouping/source.txt)

## Disabled Items With Keyboard Focusing + Grouping

The following demo displays how you can combine grouping with disabled items that cannot not be focused using the mouse but can be focused using the keyboard, selecting such item will not change the value of the AutoComplete.

[Demo Source](https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/dropdowns/autocomplete/disabled-item/disabled-item-focusable-grouping/source.txt)

## Suggested Links

* [API Reference of the AutoComplete](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-react-ui/components/dropdowns/api/autocompleteprops)