Clicking a disabled input or button

Question

Is it possible to click on a disabled button and provide some feedback to the user?

HTML:

Answer 1

You should used disabled="disabled" and not just disabled.

$('input:disabled').val('disabled');

Answer 2

Making the field readonly can help, because the click event will be fired. Though be aware of the differences in behaviour.

<input type="button" value="click" readonly="readonly" />

Answer 3

<input id="idButton" type="button" value="click" disabled>

$('#idButton').on('click', function() {
    // The button is disabled but this will be executed.
});

The above example works with JQuery for disabled buttons that need the event to be captured.