:disabled Selector

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:disabled Selector

Categories: Selectors > Form

disabled selector

Description: Selects all elements that are disabled.

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

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 $(':disabled') is equivalent to $('*:disabled'), so $('input:disabled') or similar should be used instead.

Although their resulting selections are usually the same, the :disabled selector is subtly different from the [disabled] attribute selector; :disabled checks the boolean (true/false) value of the element's disabled property while [disabled] checks for the existence of the disabled attribute.

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

Example:

Finds all input elements that are disabled.

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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:disabled").val("this is it");
                                        </script>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </html>
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