I'm trying to exclude invisible form values from serialize() jQuery output. Invisible inputs/selects are inside div.ui-tabs-hide div's. Not the children of it, but descendants. So basically, I need to include all elements (input, select) witin div's without ui-tabs-hide class AND exclude all elements (input, select) within div's with ui-tabs-hide class in one form.
Right now with what I tried it includes all form elements, but I think I did not specify selectors right.
See below the code to reproduce the issue:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src=".min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
var formdata = $("#outboundcall:not(.ui-tabs-hide input, .ui-tabs-hide select)").serialize();
console.log(formdata);
});
</script>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>JS Bin</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="outboundcall">
<div class="content">
<div class="tabs ui-tabs ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all">
<ul class="ui-tabs-nav ui-helper-reset ui-helper-clearfix ui-widget-header ui-corner-all">
<li class="ui-state-default ui-corner-top ui-tabs-selected ui-state-active">
<a href="#tabs-1">Credit Card</a>
</li>
<li class="ui-state-default ui-corner-top">
<a href="#tabs-2">Cheque</a>
</li>
<li class="ui-state-default ui-corner-top">
<a href="#tabs-3">Direct Debit</a>
</li>
</ul>
<div id="tabs-1" class="ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom">
<input type="hidden" value="1" name="lead-payment-method" />
</div>
<div id="tabs-2" class="ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom ui-tabs-hide">
<p>Cheque functionality is not currently available.</p>
</div>
<div id="tabs-3" class="ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom ui-tabs-hide">
<input type="hidden" value="3" name="lead-payment-method" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Here is jsbin with this code: /
I'm trying to exclude invisible form values from serialize() jQuery output. Invisible inputs/selects are inside div.ui-tabs-hide div's. Not the children of it, but descendants. So basically, I need to include all elements (input, select) witin div's without ui-tabs-hide class AND exclude all elements (input, select) within div's with ui-tabs-hide class in one form.
Right now with what I tried it includes all form elements, but I think I did not specify selectors right.
See below the code to reproduce the issue:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
var formdata = $("#outboundcall:not(.ui-tabs-hide input, .ui-tabs-hide select)").serialize();
console.log(formdata);
});
</script>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>JS Bin</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="outboundcall">
<div class="content">
<div class="tabs ui-tabs ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all">
<ul class="ui-tabs-nav ui-helper-reset ui-helper-clearfix ui-widget-header ui-corner-all">
<li class="ui-state-default ui-corner-top ui-tabs-selected ui-state-active">
<a href="#tabs-1">Credit Card</a>
</li>
<li class="ui-state-default ui-corner-top">
<a href="#tabs-2">Cheque</a>
</li>
<li class="ui-state-default ui-corner-top">
<a href="#tabs-3">Direct Debit</a>
</li>
</ul>
<div id="tabs-1" class="ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom">
<input type="hidden" value="1" name="lead-payment-method" />
</div>
<div id="tabs-2" class="ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom ui-tabs-hide">
<p>Cheque functionality is not currently available.</p>
</div>
<div id="tabs-3" class="ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom ui-tabs-hide">
<input type="hidden" value="3" name="lead-payment-method" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Here is jsbin with this code: http://jsbin.com/iyevux/5/
Share Improve this question asked Apr 29, 2013 at 9:29 AlexeyAlexey 3,4847 gold badges31 silver badges47 bronze badges3 Answers
Reset to default 13You can apply :not() to your class selector, then match form element children with the :input selector:
var formdata = $("#outboundcall :not(.ui-tabs-hide) > :input").serialize();
Try this:
$(document).ready(function() {
var formdata = $("#outboundcall:not(.ui-tabs-hide) input,#outboundcall:not(.ui-tabs-hide) select").serialize();
console.log(formdata);
});
or
$(document).ready(function() {
var formdata = $("#outboundcall").find(":input:not(:hidden)").serialize();
console.log(formdata);
});
From jQuery: form serialize, hidden fields, and not displayed fields
This will work :
$(document).ready(function() {
var formdata = $("#outboundcall input").not(".ui-tabs-hide input").serialize();
console.log(formdata);
});
Sorry earlier I did not understand the question completely, will delete that answer