How to get all input fields which aren't selects
Question by Hard worker
var $inputs = $('.add-item-form :input');
This gets all the input fields but also picks up the select fields which I do not want.
e.g.
<select><option>example</option></select>
Answer by T.J. Crowder
:input is a jQuery-specific pseudo-selector for input, textarea, button, and select elements. So you could do this:
var $inputs = $('.add-item-form :input:not(select)');
…but you can also just call out specifically what you want:
var $inputs = $('.add-item-form input, .add-item-form textarea, .add-item-form button');
…which would have the advantage that if the browser supports querySelectorAll (and nearly all do, in standards mode), jQuery can just hand off to native handling (whereas :input is specific to jQuery, so can’t be handled by the browser’s native stuff).
Or, of course, if you don’t want textarea and button elements, it’s really simple:
var $inputs = $('.add-item-form input');
…and again that has the advantage of being handled by the browser’s optimized stuff where possible.
Answer by Starx
Use a .not() to omit the select boxes
var $inputs = $('.add-item-form :input').not("select")
Or use CSS style :not selector
var $inputs = $('.add-item-form :input:not(select)');
