Question

I use standard code taken from this page and try to disable combobox:

$( "#cbCountry" ).combobox({ disabled: true });

But it is still enabled. What is wrong here?

Answer 1

That code is for initializing a disabled combobox. If you want to disable an existing combobox, use this:

$("#cbCountry").combobox("option", "disabled", true);

UPDATE

Combobox is a separate jQuery UI widget, and it seems it does not implement these options. I was able to disable it by finding the text field and button inside the widget, and disabling those:

$("#cbCountry").closest(".ui-widget").find("input, button" ).prop("disabled", true)