# Disabling Button **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask the community\ **Tags:** code, question\ **Created:** [June 18, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/disabling-button/18047 "2019-06-18T10:55:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wixcanada95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@wixcanada95](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/wixcanada95)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/disabling-button/18047/1 "2019-06-18T10:55:55Z")
I’m trying to disable a button based off of previous form submissions, for some reason the button remains enabled. ```javascript $w.onReady( function () { user.getEmail() .then((email) => { let userEmail = email // "user@something.com" wixData.query("Events") .eq('usernameEmail', userEmail) .count() .then((num) => { let nos = num; $w("#submittedsofar").value = num; $w("#eventsdatasetsubmission").setFieldValue('eventNumber', $w("#nos").value); $w("#remainingnos").valu`Preformatted text`e = ($w("#initialnumber").value) - ($w("#submittedsofar").value); $w("#eventsdatasetsubmission").setFieldValue('remainingSubmissions', $w("#remainingnos").value); if ($w("#remainingnos").value > 0) { $w("#buttonStart").enable; $w("#startmessage").show; } else { $w("#buttonStart").disable; $w("#startmessage").hide; } }) }) }) ``` ---
**Author:** ![yisrael-wix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/yisrael-wix/32/1107_2.png) [@yisrael-wix](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/yisrael-wix)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/disabling-button/18047/2 "2019-06-18T12:06:56Z")
The value in an input field is a **string** and not a **number**. This: **if ($w("** [**#remainingnos**](https://www.wix.com/corvid/forum/search/~num~remainingnos) **").value \> 0) {** should be something like this: **if (Number($w("** [**#remainingnos**](https://www.wix.com/corvid/forum/search/~num~remainingnos) **").value) \> 0) {** ---
**Author:** ![wixcanada95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@wixcanada95](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/wixcanada95)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/disabling-button/18047/3 "2019-06-18T22:34:21Z")
It still isn’t working for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![givemeawhisky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/givemeawhisky/32/5383_2.png) [@givemeawhisky](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/givemeawhisky)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/disabling-button/18047/4 "2019-06-19T14:40:41Z")
Why are you still posting multiple posts about the same question 😵 [https://www.wix.com/corvid/forum/community-discussion/enabling-disabling-button-using-if-then-login](https://www.wix.com/corvid/forum/community-discussion/enabling-disabling-button-using-if-then-login) ---
**Author:** ![emanu2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/emanu2000/32/26771_2.png) [@emanu2000](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/emanu2000)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/disabling-button/18047/5 "2022-06-21T03:19:56Z")
try this $w(“#buttonStart”).disable(); ---
**Author:** ![Rob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/rob/32/84134_2.png) [@Rob](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/Rob)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/disabling-button/18047/6 "2025-06-25T14:45:37Z")
I was going through the forum and came across this and noticed you had some incorrect syntax like emanu2000 mentioned - in that you were missing the () on enable, show, disable and hide. You don’t use parenthesis if you’re referring to states like **[enabled](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/velo-only-apis/$w/button/enabled)**, which is checking the enabled _property_ status of in this case a button, but you do in a function like **[enable()](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/velo-only-apis/$w/button/enable)**, which turns the _property_ to **true** and enables the button so users can interact with it. I didn’t test the code outright since I was unsure of the setup of the collections but it should look more like this: ```javascript $w.onReady(function () { user.getEmail() .then((email) => { let userEmail = email; // e.g., "user@something.com" wixData.query("Events") .eq("usernameEmail", userEmail) .count() .then((num) => { // Update the value of #submittedsofar $w("#submittedsofar").value = num; // Calculate remaining submissions let initialNumber = $w("#initialnumber").value; // Ensure this element exists and has a value let remainingSubmissions = initialNumber - num; // Update the dataset fields $w("#eventsdatasetsubmission").setFieldValue("eventNumber", num); $w("#eventsdatasetsubmission").setFieldValue("remainingSubmissions", remainingSubmissions); // Update the value of #remainingnos $w("#remainingnos").value = remainingSubmissions; // Enable or disable the button based on remaining submissions if (remainingSubmissions > 0) { $w("#buttonStart").enable(); $w("#startmessage").show(); } else { $w("#buttonStart").disable(); $w("#startmessage").hide(); } }); }); }); ``` ---
**Author:** ![noahlovell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/noahlovell/32/118920_2.png) [@noahlovell](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/noahlovell)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/disabling-button/18047/7 "2025-06-25T15:37:08Z")
Closed on June 25, 2025, 3:37pm UTC