How to Ensure Disabled Select Fields Submit with Forms?

Ensuring Disabled Fields Submit with Forms

To prevent user modification of a select form field's value while maintaining its presence in form submissions, using the disabled attribute may seem like the solution. However, this attribute, while preventing value changes, fails to submit the value with the form.

Consider the following alternatives:

Disabling Options and Styling: Disable all options within the select field and employ CSS to visually simulate a disabled state. Enabling Fields on Form Submission: Implement a click event handler on the submit button to temporarily enable all disabled dropdown menus before the form is submitted. Recommended Solution: Enabling Fields on Form Submission

To achieve the desired functionality, disable the select fields and re-enable them before form submission:

jQuery(function ($) { $('form').bind('submit', function () { $(this).find(':input').prop('disabled', false); }); });