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UI element states pseudo-class match selector.

Shorthand version $(':enabled')

Description

The :enabled selector, selects all enabled elements.

• The :enabled selector should only be used for selecting HTML elements that support the disabled attribute, these being (<button>, <input>, <optgroup>, <option>, <select>, <textarea>, and <fieldset>).
• The :enabled selector is subtly different from using the :not() Selector via :not([disabled]):
  • The :enabled selector matches elements that have their boolean disabled property strictly set to false.
  • The :not() Selector using :not([disabled]) matches elements that do not have a disabled attribute set (regardless of its value).
• If this selector is not preceded by another selector, the universal selector ("*") is implied and so the whole DOM will be searched. Use another selector as in the examples below to narrow the search and improve performance.

Syntax

Parameters

None.

Return

N/A.

:enabled Example Selectors  <<  Top

Selects all enabled elements.

The following example will check for enabled input elements with an attribute of name (our input fields below) and set a message in them with a yellow background when the button below is clicked.

$(function(){
  $('#btn1').on('click', function() {
    $("input[name]:enabled").css('backgroundColor', 'yellow')
                            .val("enter input"); 
  });
}); 

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