How to enable Bootstrap tooltip on disabled button?

Question

I need to display a tooltip on a disabled button and remove it on an enabled button. Currently, it works in reverse.

What is the best way to invert this behaviour?

Answer 1

You can't get the tool-tip to show on a disabled button. This is because disabled elements don't trigger any events, including the tool-tip. Your best bet would be to fake the button being disabled (so it looks and acts like its disabled), so you can then trigger the tool-tip.

Eg. Javascript:

$('[rel=tooltip].disabled').tooltip();

$('[rel=tooltip].disabled').bind('click', function(){
     return false;
});

Instead of just $('[rel=tooltip]').tooltip();​

HTML:

button disabled

button not disabled

JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/BA4zM/75/