Question

js/jQuery:

$('input[type=checkbox]').click(function(){
  // Does not fire if I click a <input type="checkbox" disabled="disabled" />
});

How do I make something happend in jQuery when someone clicks a disabled checkbox?

Answer 1

Reading over the comment again regarding using readonly from JoãoSilva. You could use that and connect it with some logic in the click event.

Using readonly gives you the disabled look, just like disabled does but it still lets you click it.

Use readonly like this:

<input type="checkbox" readonly="readonly">​

Then in your script cancel the event if readonly is set.

$('input[type=checkbox]').click(function() {
    var isReadOnly = $(this).attr("readonly") === undefined ? false : true;

    if (isReadOnly) {
        return false;
    }

    // other code never executed if readonly is true.
});
​

DEMO