To enable and disable submit button, use the jQuery prop() method. You can try to run the following code to enable and disable submit button using jQuery −
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function() { $('#register').click(function() { $(this).prop('disabled',true); $("#content").show(); setTimeout(function(){ $('#register').prop('disabled', false); },3000); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <div id="btnregister" name="registerbtn"> <input type="submit" value="Click me!" id="register" name="register"/> </div> <div style="display:none;" id="content"> The above button disables for 3 seconds, on clicking. </div> </body> </html>