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HTML

<p id="menuitems" class="inline textcenter">
                        <a id="import" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="switchScreen('Import');">IMPORT</a> >> 
                        <a id="validate" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="switchScreen('Validate');">VALIDATE</a> >> 
                        <a id="organize" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="switchScreen('Organize');">ORGANIZE</a> >> 
                        <a id="export" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="switchScreen('Export');">EXPORT</a>
                    </p>

JavaScript

function switchScreen(s){
    alert(s);
}

function setEnabled($a, Enabled ){
    $a.each(function(i, a){          
        var en = a.onclick !== null;        
        if(en == Enabled)return;
        if(Enabled){
            a.onclick = $(a).data('orgClick');            
        }
        else
        {
            $(a).data('orgClick',a.onclick);
            a.onclick = null;
        }
    });
}

$(function(){   
    setEnabled($('#validate'), false);    
    //setEnabled($('#validate'), true);
});