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CSS CSS Foundations Advanced Selectors UI Element States Pseudo-Classes

Tatiana Perry
Tatiana Perry
17,156 Points
Posted by Tatiana Perry
Tatiana Perry
17,156 Points

disabled vs enabled

Is there a reason why disabled has to be added to the HTML <input type="text" name="email" placeholder="email" disabled /> and not enabled or checked?

2 Answers

Chris Dziewa
Chris Dziewa
17,781 Points
Chris Dziewa
Chris Dziewa
17,781 Points

Enabled (or disabled = false) is the default so when you add disabled, it tells the browser that disabled is equal to true.