Clicking the button enables the input next to it.

Edit code and click me	Your Result (Some examples do not work in Google Chrome):
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("button").click(function () { $(this).next().removeAttr("disabled") .focus() .val("editable now"); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <button>Enable</button> <input type="text" disabled="disabled" value="can't edit this" /> </body> </html>
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