[jQuery] issue trying to removeAttr('disabled') from a select box

[jQuery] issue trying to removeAttr('disabled') from a select box


hi, in my app i am initially showing a select field populated with a
list of merchants, if the user wants to add a new merchant instead of
selecting a current one from the select field, they click a <a> to the
right with toggles between a select field and input field. in the
toggle function i am adding the disabled attr to the select field and
removing it from the input field. this works fine, but when they try
to retoggle back to the select field, it doesn't un-disable it. heres
the source.
html.
    <div>
        <label>Itemtype</label><br />
        <select id="selItemtype" class="tog_itemtypes" name="selItemtype">
            <?
                $item->qryItemtypes();
            ?>
        </select>
        <input type="text" class="text tog_itemtypes" disabled="disabled" /