How to make a Disabled Checkbox using jQuery Mobile ?

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

jQuery Mobile is a web based technology used to make responsive content that can be accessed on all smartphones, tablets and desktops. In this article, we will be creating a Disabled Checkbox using jQuery Mobile.

Approach: Add jQuery Mobile scripts needed for your project.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css%E2%80%9D />

<script src=”http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js%E2%80%9D></script>

<script src=”http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js%E2%80%9D></script>

Example: We will create a Disabled Checkbox using jQuery Mobile. We create the checkbox using input type="checkbox" attribute and use disabled="disabled" attribute to disable the checkbox.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href=
"http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css" />

    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js">
    </script>

    <script src=
"http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js">
    </script>
</head>

<body>
    <center>
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>

        <h4>
            Design a Disabled Checkbox
            using jQuery Mobile
        </h4>

        <form style="width: 50%;">
            <fieldset data-role="controlgroup" 
                data-iconpos="right">

                <input type="checkbox" disabled="" 
                    name="groupcheckbox1" 
                    id="groupcheckbox1" data-theme="b">
                <label for="groupcheckbox1">
                    Themed Disabled
                </label>

                <input type="checkbox" name="groupcheckbox2" 
                    id="groupcheckbox2" data-theme="b">
                <label for="groupcheckbox2">
                    Themed Not Disabled
                </label>

                <input type="checkbox" disabled="" 
                    name="groupcheckbox3" id="groupcheckbox3">
                <label for="groupcheckbox3">Disabled</label>

                <input type="checkbox" name="groupcheckbox4" 
                    id="groupcheckbox4">
                <label for="groupcheckbox4">Not Disabled</label>
            </fieldset>
        </form>
    </center>
</body>

</html>