forms - how to use jquery to select all inputs, that are not submit, reset or button?

Question

I'm trying to select all input elements except input type="submit/reset/button

I have tried to make a selector like this:

inputSelector = 'input:not(input[type=button], input[type=submit], input[type=reset]), textarea, select';

But this does not work, because the submit buttons always make into the final selection.

Any idea what's wrong with the above.

Thanks!

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9320819/how-to-use-jquery-to-select-all-inputs-that-are-not-submit-reset-or-button

Answer 1

Try modifying your selector to chain .not(...) like:

var inputs = $('input, textarea, select')
                .not(':input[type=button], :input[type=submit], :input[type=reset]');

$(inputs).each(function() {
    console.log(this.type);
});

This makes it (arguably) easier to read, and should work how you expect.