jquery disable a button for a specific time

Question

i want to disable a button for a specific time. how can i do that?

Answer 1

Might not be the most elegant solution, but I thought I'd play with jQuery queues on this one...

​$.fn.disableFor = function (time) {
    var el = this, qname = 'disqueue';
    el.queue(qname, function () {
        el.attr('disabled', 'disabled');
        setTimeout( function () {
            el.dequeue(qname);
        }, time || 3000);
    })
    .queue(qname, function () {
        el.removeAttr('disabled');
    })
    .dequeue(qname);
};

$('#btn').click( function () {
    ​$(this).disableFor(2000);​​​​
});

​ This is where I worked it out... http://jsfiddle.net/T9QJM/

And, for reference, How do I chain or queue custom functions using JQuery?