I have the following input:
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You can do this by simply marking it disabled
or enabled
. You can use this code to do this:
//for disable
$('#fieldName').prop('disabled', true);
//for enable
$('#fieldName').prop('disabled', false);
or
$('#fieldName').prop('readonly', true);
$('#fieldName').prop('readonly', false);
--- Its better to use prop instead of attr.
Given -
<input name="foo" type="text" value="foo" readonly />
this works - (jquery 1.7.1)
$('input[name="foo"]').prop('readonly', true);
tested with readonly and readOnly - both worked.
simply add the following attribute
// for disabled i.e. cannot highlight value or change
disabled="disabled"
// for readonly i.e. can highlight value but not change
readonly="readonly"
jQuery to make the change to the element (substitute disabled
for readonly
in the following for setting readonly
attribute).
$('#fieldName').attr("disabled","disabled")
or
$('#fieldName').attr("disabled", true)
NOTE: As of jQuery 1.6, it is recommended to use .prop() instead of .attr(). The above code will work exactly the same except substitute .attr()
for .prop()
.
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head >
<title></title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<input id="fieldName" name="fieldName" type="text" class="text_box" value="Firstname" />
</div>
</body>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function()
{
$('#fieldName').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
});
</script>
</html>
There are two attributes, namely readonly
and disabled
, that can make a semi-read-only input. But there is a tiny difference between them.
<input type="text" readonly />
<input type="text" disabled />
readonly
attribute makes your input text disabled, and users are not able to change it anymore.disabled
attribute make your input-text disabled(unchangeable) but also cannot it be submitted.jQuery approach (1):
$("#inputID").prop("readonly", true);
$("#inputID").prop("disabled", true);
jQuery approach (2):
$("#inputID").attr("readonly","readonly");
$("#inputID").attr("disabled", "disabled");
JavaScript approach:
document.getElementById("inputID").readOnly = true;
document.getElementById("inputID").disabled = true;
PS prop
introduced with jQuery 1.6
.
These days with jQuery 1.6.1 or above it is recommended that .prop() be used when setting boolean attributes/properties.
$("#fieldName").prop("readonly", true);