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Asked: 2026-06-08T06:58:19+00:00

I am using selectElement.attr(‘disabled’, ‘disabled’); to disable a dropdown in IE6, and using selectElement.removeAttr(‘disabled’);

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I am using 

selectElement.attr('disabled', 'disabled');

to disable a dropdown in IE6, and using

selectElement.removeAttr('disabled');

to re-enable it. But it remains disabled and greyed out. Anyone has any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    • First thing to check: Your jQuery version.
      I found this reference to a jQuery bug in IE6 with removeAttr on select elements. This bug is in 1.6.2, and is marked as fixed. Make sure you’re on the latest version of jQuery, currently 1.7.2.

    • Second thing to check: Your HTML.
      I found this forum post, where it seems that IE6 requires the element to have the same id and name attributes for this to work.

    • Third suggestion:
      Try using jQuery’s .prop() and .removeProp() methods instead of the attr methods. (manual page: http://api.jquery.com/prop/ and http://api.jquery.com/removeprop/)

    Finally, I will echo what has probably been said to you many times already: please stop supporting IE6. The sooner we can all forget about this browser the better.

    It’s worth pointing out that jQuery are planning to drop support for IE6, IE7 and IE8 (yes, all three of them) in v2.0, due out some time in the middle of next year. You’ll still be able to use older versions of jQuery, of course, but it does make the point about how far behind you are if you’re still on IE6.

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