IE select option disabled fix using jquery

On October 15, 2009, In Development, By Brant Messenger

I spent a good couple hours fighting with IE and finally found a solution to fix the disabled option issue. Hope it helps you out.

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ieLessThan8OptionDisable = function() {
    if ($.browser.msie && parseFloat($.browser.version) < 8) {
        $("select").find("[disabled]").addClass("disabled").removeAttr("disabled");
        $("select").change(function(){
            var selected = $(this).val();
            var disabled = $(this).find("[value="+selected+"]").hasClass("disabled");
            if (disabled) {
                alert("This option is disabled.\nSelect will be set to the first option.");
                $(this).find("option:first").attr("selected","selected");
            }
        });
    }
}

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  1. isFireFox using jQuery $.support method - Brant Messenger says:
    October 19, 2009 at 9:08 am

    [...] Comments | Posted by Brant in Development In the previous post I was using jQuery’s $.browser method that has been depreciated. I went ahead and added a [...]

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