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removeAttr( name )

Remove an attribute from each of the matched elements.
Arguments:
nameString
The name of the property to remove.

Examples:
Clicking the button enables the input next to it.

    $("button").click(function () {
      $(this).next().removeAttr("disabled")
             .focus()
             .val("editable now");
    });



<!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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