:enabled Selector

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:enabled Selector

Categories: Selectors > Form

enabled selector

Description: Selects all elements that are enabled.

  • version added: 1.0jQuery( ":enabled" )

As with other pseudo-class selectors (those that begin with a ":") it is recommended to precede it with a tag name or some other selector; otherwise, the universal selector ("*") is implied. In other words, the bare $(':enabled') is equivalent to $('*:enabled'), so $('input:enabled') or similar should be used instead.

Although their resulting selections are usually the same, :enabled selector is subtly different from :not([disabled]); :enabled selects elements that have their boolean disabled property strictly equal to false, while :not([disabled]) selects elements that do not have a disabled attribute set (regardless of its value).

The :enabled selector should only be used for selecting HTML elements that support the disabled attribute (<button>, <input>, <optgroup>, <option>, <select>, and <textarea>).

Example:

Find all input elements that are enabled.

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                                        <!DOCTYPE html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <form>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                            <input name="email" disabled="disabled" />
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                            <input name="id" />
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          </form>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <script>
                                        $("input:enabled").val("this is it");
                                        </script>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </html>
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