How to disable all <input > inside a form with jQuery?

Question

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Answer 1

In older versions you could use attr. As of jQuery 1.6 you should use prop instead:

$("#target :input").prop("disabled", true);

To disable all form elements inside 'target'. See :input:

Matches all input, textarea, select and button elements.

If you only want the <input> elements:

$("#target input").prop("disabled", true);

Answer 2

To disable all form, as easy as write:

jQuery 1.6+

$("#form :input").prop("disabled", true);

jQuery 1.5 and below

$("#form :input").attr('disabled','disabled');