JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by TJ VanToll

HTML

<!-- Different behavior -->
<!--<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.2/jquery-ui.js"></script>-->

<!-- Same behavior -->
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-git.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/jquery-ui-git.js"></script>

<div id="autocomplete"></div>

JavaScript

var element = $( "#autocomplete" ).autocomplete({
        disabled: true
    }),
    menu = element.autocomplete( "widget" );

console.log(menu.is( ".ui-state-disabled" ));

element.autocomplete( "disable" );

console.log(menu.is( ".ui-state-disabled" ));