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HTML

<html>
<select size="6" id="category">
     <option value="1">categories 1-3 </option>
     <option value="2">----</option>
     <option value="3">----</option>
</select>
</html>

JavaScript

$('select#category').attr({
    disabled: true,
    hidden: true
});


setTimeout(function() {
$('select#category').removeAttr('disabled hidden');
},3000)