IE focus selection
HTML
<textarea id="text" value="test" disabled="true"></textarea>
<button id="b1">
Focus then enable
</button>
<button id="b2">
Enable then focus
</button>
<div id="status">Disabled</div>
JavaScript
var $text = $('#text');
var $status = $('#status');
$text.focus(function(){
$(this).prop('readonly', false);
$status.text('Enabled');
}).blur(function(){
$(this).prop('readonly', true);
$status.text('Disabled');
});
$('#b1').click(function(){
$text.focus();
// Will enable in focus handler
});
$('#b2').click(function(){
$text.prop('readonly', false);
$status.text('Enabled');
$text.focus();
})