如何使禁用弹出窗口工作在不是按钮的元素上？

Question

禁用的引导按钮具有禁用的弹出窗口。我还需要一个非按钮的禁用元素。这可能吗？

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>


<span style="float:left;pointer-events:none" class="edit" ><a class="btn btn-box-tool edit-tool btn btn-primary disabled" disabled="" >not a button</a></span>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary disabled">button</button>