Detect when input has a 'readonly' attribute

Question

I want to throw an alert when an input has a \'readonly\' attribute. I have tried this:

  if($(\'input\').attr(\'readonly\') == \'readonly\'){

    alert(\"foo\"         


        

Answer 1

fastest way is to use the .is() jQuery function.

if ( $('input').is('[readonly]') ) { }

using [readonly] as a selector simply checks if the attribute is defined on your element. if you want to check for a value, you can use something like this instead:

if ( $('input').is('[readonly="somevalue"]') ) { }