# :enabled Selector

Categories: Selectors > Form

## enabled selector

#### version added: 1.0jQuery(':enabled')

Description: Selects all elements that are enabled.

As with other pseudo-class selectors (those that begin with a ":") it is recommended to precede it with a tag name or some other selector; otherwise, the universal selector ("*") is implied. In other words, the bare `$(':enabled')` is equivalent to `$('*:enabled')`, so `$('input:enabled')` should be used instead.

### Example:

#### Finds all input elements that are enabled.

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
      <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7rc2.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
      <form>

        <input name="email" disabled="disabled" />
        <input name="id" />
      </form>
    <script>$("input:enabled").val("this is it");</script>

    </body>
    </html>

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