Disable buttons on post back using jquery in .net app

Question

I have a asp.net app that I want to disable the buttons as soon as they are clicked in order to prevent multiple submissions. I\'d like to use jquery for this as the site a

Answer 1

You can do it a slightly different way, like this:

$(function () {
  $("#aspnetForm").submit(function () {
    $('input[type=submit]').click(function() { return false; });
  });
});

What this does is makes future clicks ineffective, basically making them do nothing. When you disable an input, it also removes the key/value pair from being submitted with the

, so your server-side action which is triggered by it doesn't work.

It's worth noting, in jQuery 1.4.3 you'll be able to shorten this down to:

$(function () {
  $("#aspnetForm").submit(function () {
    $('input[type=submit]').click(false);
  });
});