JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/css/bootstrap.css">
<script src="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/js/bootstrap-dropdown.js"></script>
<ul class="nav pull-right">
<li class="dropdown">
<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Menu <b class="caret"></b></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="#">Menu item 1...</a></li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li><a class="disabled-link" href="http://google.com">Menu item 2...</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Menu item 3</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
CSS
a.disabled-link,
a.disabled-link:visited ,
a.disabled-link:active,
a.disabled-link:hover {
background-color:#d9d9d9 !important;
color:#aaa !important;
}
JavaScript
$('.dropdown-toggle').dropdown();
$(".disabled-link").click(function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
});