Jquery on click input does not work if input is disabled

Question

Is there a way to tell jQuery to only target elements that as disabled?

$(document).on("click", "input", function () {
   console.log('click');
   $(this).prop('disabled', false);
});

Disabling an item removes the ability to click it. Think about a button, the purpose of disabling a button is so it cannot be clicked. — Tyler Jennings
– Tyler Jennings, Commented Oct 27, 2015 at 18:15
The problem is with disabled="disabled", you can never trigger click event. — DinoMyte
– DinoMyte, Commented Oct 27, 2015 at 18:15

dave · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-27 18:29:03Z

1

jQuery ignores clicks on disabled elements (sort of), so the trick is to detect the click higher up the chain, and then find out if it was on an input element:

$(document).on("click", function (e) {
    $clicked = $(e.toElement);
    if ($clicked.is("input:disabled")) {
        $clicked.prop('disabled', false);
    }
});

If you have to support firefox, you have to get even hackier.

https://jsfiddle.net/o80cqp4h/3/ <-- with firefox support

https://jsfiddle.net/o80cqp4h/1/

edited Oct 27, 2015 at 18:29

answered Oct 27, 2015 at 18:15

dave

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dave Over a year ago

Ahh firefox, just added a really hacky solution to support that

JiFus Over a year ago

well, not really. I can't change the value of the input after it "became active"

Case Over a year ago

Thanks for not being one of the others to just say you can never do this. I know I had seen it done before.

Case Over a year ago

I may keep playing with it, because jsfiddle.net/o80cqp4h/4 does not work. (When the input is later added dynamically) I could always run the build function after adding it.

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