Set the select disabled when you plan for it to be read-only and then remove the disabled attribute just before submitting the form.
// global variable to store original event/handler for save button
var form_save_button_func = null;
// function to get jQuery object for save button
function get_form_button_by_id(button_id) {
return jQuery("input[type=button]#"+button_id);
}
// alter value of disabled element
function set_disabled_elem_value(elem_id, value) {
jQuery("#"+elem_id).removeAttr("disabled");
jQuery("#"+elem_id).val(value);
jQuery("#"+elem_id).attr('disabled','disabled');
}
function set_form_bottom_button_save_custom_code_generic(msg) {
// save original event/handler that was either declared
// through javascript or html onclick attribute
// in a global variable
form_save_button_func = get_form_button_by_id('BtnSave').prop('onclick'); // jQuery 1.6
//form_save_button_func = get_form_button_by_id('BtnSave').prop('onclick'); // jQuery 1.7
// unbind original event/handler (can use any of following statements below)
get_form_button_by_value('BtnSave').unbind('click');
get_form_button_by_value('BtnSave').removeAttr('onclick');
// alternate save code which also calls original event/handler stored in global variable
get_form_button_by_value('BtnSave').click(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
var confirm_result = confirm(msg);
if (confirm_result) {
if (jQuery("form.anyForm").find('input[type=text], textarea, select').filter(".disabled-form-elem").length > 0) {
jQuery("form.anyForm").find('input[type=text], textarea, select').filter(".disabled-form-elem").removeAttr("disabled");
}
// disallow further editing of fields once save operation is underway
// by making them readonly
// you can also disallow form editing by showing a large transparent
// div over form such as loading animation with "Saving" message text
jQuery("form.anyForm").find('input[type=text], textarea, select').attr('ReadOnly','True');
// now execute original event/handler
form_save_button_func();
}
});
}
$(document).ready(function() {
// if you want to define save button code in javascript then define it now
// code below for record update
set_form_bottom_button_save_custom_code_generic("Do you really want to update this record?");
// code below for new record
//set_form_bottom_button_save_custom_code_generic("Do you really want to create this new record?");
// start disabling elements on form load by also adding a class to identify disabled elements
jQuery("input[type=text]#phone").addClass('disabled-form-elem').attr('disabled','disabled');
jQuery("input[type=text]#fax").addClass('disabled-form-elem').attr('disabled','disabled');
jQuery("select#country").addClass('disabled-form-elem').attr('disabled','disabled');
jQuery("textarea#address").addClass('disabled-form-elem').attr('disabled','disabled');
set_disabled_elem_value('phone', '123121231');
set_disabled_elem_value('fax', '123123123');
set_disabled_elem_value('country', 'Pakistan');
set_disabled_elem_value('address', 'address');
}); // end of $(document).ready function