Question

Is it possible to select all the checkboxes except those that have a particular class?

$(':checkbox')

This selects all checkboxes but I have some I don’t want to get in the selection.

Answer 1

Use the not method, or the :not selector:

$(':checkbox').not('.noSelect');
$(':checkbox:not(.noSelect)');

Where noSelect is the class you want excluded.

NB for optimal speed (enhancing for querySelectorAll), you code should probably look like this:

$('input[type="checkbox"]:not(.noSelect)');