Model Binding With Disabled Textbox

Question

I have a textbox that I am defining as

<%= Html.TextBox(\"Username\", Model.Form.Username, 
        new { @class = \"textbox\", @disabled = \"disabled\" }         


        

Answer 1

Easiest way to submit disabled fields is to copy them over to an invisible, non disabled control before submit. Some people create those controls manually and hook up to the on change event in jQuery to copy them on demand, but this solution below is generic, easy and less chatty - although one rule: you must create (render) a clean page after postback (so

$('#submitBtn').closest('form').one('submit', function() {

    var $form = $(this);

    // input, textarea, select, option, ----- button, datalist, keygen, output, optgroup
    $form.find('input:disabled, textarea:disabled, select:disabled, option:disabled').each(function () {

        var $item = $(this);

        var hiddenItem = $item.clone();
        hiddenItem.removeAttr('id');
        hiddenItem.removeAttr('disabled');
        hiddenItem.attr('style', 'display: none');

        $item.after(hiddenItem);
    });

});