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UI element states pseudo-class match selector.

Shorthand version $(':disabled')

Description

The :disabled selector, selects all disabled elements.

• Should only be used for selecting HTML elements that support the disabled attribute, these being (<button>, <input>, <optgroup>, <option>, <select>, <textarea>, and <fieldset>).
• The :disabled selector is subtly different from using the Has Attribute Selector via $('[disabled]'):
  • The :disabled selector matches elements that are actually disabled (WHATWG).
  • The Has Attribute Selector using $('[disabled]') only checks for the existence of the disabled attribute.

Syntax

Parameters

None.

Return

N/A.

:disabled Example Selectors  <<  Top

Selects all disabled elements.

The following rather contrived example will check for disabled input elements and set a message in them with a yellow background when the button below is clicked.

$(function(){
  $('#btn1').on('click', function() {
    $("input:disabled").css('backgroundColor', 'yellow')
                       .val("this field disabled"); 
  });
}); 

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