Question

How do you filter out specific controls from an input selection? In the example below, radio filters but submit, button, id, etc don’t seem to filter.

    $(':input', '#myForm')
.not('type=radio')
.not('type=submit')
.not('type=button')
.not('id="someID"');

Thanks!

Answer 1

It turns out this issue was specifically related to the submit button. I tried Clive’s options and when submit stayed in the list after type=submit, button and someID should have filtered it I knew something else was going on. I looked at the selected results in the browser and discovered that it wasn’t my button

My submit button:

<input id="submitRequest" name="submitRequest" type="submit" value="Submit">

The outerHTML for the unwanted element:

outerHTML: "<input type="hidden" name="submitRequest" value="Submit">"

Therefore filtering out hidden got rid of this element from the selection:

selectedObjects2 = $(':input', '#requestAnAccountForm')
    .not('[type=radio]')
    .not('[type=hidden]');