Question

I would like to include only certain form fields when submitting a form with jQuery. For instance, I would like to ignore all fields that have the disabled attribute… maybe something like this:

$('#my_button').click(function() {
    if($('input').hasAttr('disabled') {
        //ignore this form field when submitting
    }
    $('form').submit();
});

Any ideas?

Answer 1

That’s not necessary, disabled inputs are excluded already. The various jQuery methods, including submit() and serialize() honour the HTML 4 specification for disabled controls in web forms, which goes as follows:

A successful control is "valid" for submission. Every successful control has its control name paired with its current value as part of the submitted form data set. A successful control must be defined within a FORM element and must have a control name.

However:

• Controls that are disabled cannot be successful.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#successful-controls