{"id":9317,"date":"2021-01-04T16:20:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=9317"},"modified":"2021-12-04T07:02:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T07:02:38","slug":"enable-disable-html-form-elements-jquery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/enable-disable-html-form-elements-jquery\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable or Disable HTML Form Elements Using jQuery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From jQuery 1.7, you could use the <strong><em>prop()<\/em><\/strong> method. Before 1.7, you have the option of using the <strong><em>attr()<\/em><\/strong> method. 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