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>
).
Finds all input elements that are disabled.
<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>disabled demo</title> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.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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