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HTML

<button type="button" id="the_button">Submit</button>

JavaScript

/* This code fires the click event even though the button is disabled. */
$("#the_button").button({
        icons: {
            primary: "ui-icon-disk"
        },
    disabled: true
}).live('click',function () {
    alert('clicked');
});

/*
By changing it to .click() instead of .live('click'), it works as it should and does not fire the click event.
$("#the_button").button({
        icons: {
            primary: "ui-icon-disk"
        },
    disabled: true
}).click(function () {
    alert('clicked');
});
*/