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How to enable the “disabled” attribute using jQuery on button click?

jQuery Web Development Front End Technology

Set the disabled property to true in jQuery −

<input type="text" disabled=true id="showTxtBoxHide" value="My Name is David..">

Example

Following is the code −

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
 
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Document</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
 
<body>
  <input type="text" disabled=true id="showTxtBoxHide" value="My Name is David..">
  <br>
  <br>
  <input type="button" id="change" value="ClickTheButtonToEnableTextBox">
</body>
<script>
  $("#change").click(function (buttonEvent) {
    buttonEvent.preventDefault();
    $('#showTxtBoxHide').prop("disabled", false);
  });
</script>
 
</html>

To run the above program, save the file name anyName.html(index.html). Right click on the file and select the option “Open with live server” in VS Code editor −