How to get all the form elements values using name attribute

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I am trying to access the form elements in a jsp page using the name attribute. this form contains text,textarea and select fields. now in my javascript file i have to get these values.

$("input[name=first_name]").val()

By using this we can get only values of input type fields (for ex:text) and not and fields.

Please help me to resolve this.i want to use jquery code for this.

I am trying to get the all fields values at a time as an array.but the above code will give me only input type field values not <textarea> and <select> values in a form. please help me — Satya
– Satya, Commented May 11, 2011 at 13:46

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-11 13:40:36Z

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You could use the :input selector:

$(':input[name="first_name"]').val()

Also note that having multiple form elements (text fields, textareas, select boxes) with the same name is probably wrong.

answered May 11, 2011 at 13:40

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raveren · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-11 13:40:34Z

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You don't need the type of element in the selector:

$("[name=other_name]").val()

answered May 11, 2011 at 13:40

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Sylvain · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-11 13:41:07Z

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You should use :input selector.

answered May 11, 2011 at 13:41

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kskaradzinski · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-11 13:56:16Z

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Use

var form = $("#form_id");
//form['name_of_input_field']

this is much quicker than using selectors.

edited May 11, 2011 at 13:56

answered May 11, 2011 at 13:45

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Wally Lawless Over a year ago

Wouldn't this look for a dom element of type 'form_id' in the same way that $('div') would look for divs?

kskaradzinski Over a year ago

$('divs') will return object that has id ="divs"

Wally Lawless Over a year ago

Umm, no, not really, to select by ID you need to use $('#id_of_element') - take note of the hash(#). The selectors are based on CSS syntax.

kskaradzinski Over a year ago

Yes i forgot about that, im not using jQuery, preffer mootools.

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