I have a row in a table which contains a checkbox and some other form fields (text boxes, hidden fields, select lists). When the checkbox is checked I want to disable all form fields in that row except for the hidden fields. I have this working for the most part, but I can't seem to ignore the hidden fields.
What is the best way to select all form fields in a table row but ignore hidden fields in the selection?
$(":input:not([type=hidden])")
":input" is a jQuery pseudo selector... "Selects all input, textarea, select and button elements." http://api.jquery.com/input-selector/
Assuming by "hidden" you mean type="hidden" ie:
<input type="hidden" name="foo" value="bar">
then you can use the attribute not equals selector to do this:
$("tr input:checkbox").click(function() {
var cb = $(this);
var tr = $(this).closest("tr");
if (cb.val()) {
tr.find("input[type!='hidden']").attr("disabled", true);
} else {
tr.find("input[type!='hidden']").removeAttr("disabled");
}
});
My general advice is avoid attribute selectors. They're slow. Give the relevant inputs (either the hidden ones or the not hidden ones) a class and then use that in the selectors.
If however you mean "hidden" as in "not visible" then use the :visible selector:
$("tr input:checkbox").click(function() {
var cb = $(this);
var tr = $(this).closest("tr");
if (cb.val()) {
tr.find("input:visible").attr("disabled", true);
} else {
tr.find("input:visible").removeAttr("disabled");
}
});
"input[type!=hidden]", i.e. without inner apostrophes, works too.You can also solve this using the hidden selector
$("input:not(:hidden)")
See also: jQuery hidden selector
I found a simple way of doing this in jquery.
$("tr input").not("input[type='hidden']")
In code snippet below, there is a div with an id of tabsDiv that contains multiple html elements and this code gets all input elements inside this div except those with type of hidden.
$("#tabsDiv").find("input").not("input[type='hidden']")
.........
$('tr input').attr('disabled', true)
$('tr input[type="hidden"]').removeAttr('disabled')
First, you need to tag your "selector" checkbox (e.g. with a class attribute "selector) so that it is clear that it is used for checking instead of regular form element. Then you use this:
$('table :checkbox.selector').click(function(ev) {
$(ev.currentTarget)
.parents('td').siblings('td')
.find(':input:not([type=hidden])')
.attr('disabled', ev.currentTarget.checked);
});
This solution works for all inputs (eg. select lists, textareas) and it doesn't disable the selector checkbox itself.
I'm assuming you use latest jQuery.
Just add a filter of visible which means it will take only input element which are visible to users.
This worked for me I am adding description for 30 char.
$("input:visible")
You can use this, it worked fine for me:
var $inputs = $('#formArticle :input:not(:hidden)');
formArticle is my form name.
