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Disabling input's whith jQuery not working

Answer 1

+1 A:

Use true instead of disabled:

$("input").attr("disabled", true);

Working example: http://jsfiddle.net/bEC8L/ (input is set to disable after 5 seconds)

jQuery sets properties instead of attributes if the given attribute is actually a property name, and "disabled" isn't a valid value for the disabled property.

Andy E 2010-06-01 18:03:09

I tried using true and it's not working, I used the code you gived me and it enables all the inputs instead of disabling them.

andreeib 2010-06-02 08:38:32

@andreeib: Did you check the working example via the link I posted? I just tested it in several browsers. Your issue must be elsewhere.

Andy E 2010-06-02 08:40:04

Yes I checked your example and it's working, I used the console and I disabled the inputs on this stackoverflow page but when I want to disable the inputs on my page I just end up enabling them all.Thank's for your quick answer.

andreeib 2010-06-02 08:44:43

@andreeib: Were you copy/pasting directly? Make sure you're not passing a string as the second argument to `.attr()`, it has to be a boolean (`true`).

Andy E 2010-06-02 08:56:26

Answer 2

+1 A:

This should do the trick:

Disable: $('#the-field-id').attr('disabled', true);

Enable: $('#the-field-id').removeAttr('disabled');

Zuul 2010-06-01 18:04:39

Yes your code should work, but it's not.

andreeib 2010-06-02 08:40:08

At your input field, You must set an ID or class to call that action![ $('#something') -> call ID "something" ] [ $('.something') -> call class "something" ] [ # -> for ID ] [ . -> for Class ]

Zuul 2010-06-02 10:04:53

Answer 3

A:

Your piece of code seems ok, so the problem must be coming from another part of code. Put a break on the line where you disable and then run step by step.

Psyconn 2010-10-14 11:55:54

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