serialize() and serializeArray() to include submit button when only one in form

[kswedberg]

Per John Resig's request (​http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev/browse_thread/thread/f82bccd7bebdc838), I'm submitting this ticket to include the submit button in the serialize() string / serializeArray() object when there is only one submit button in the form, even though, as he mentioned, "we may not get to it."

I'm sure it can be improved quite a bit, but here is one way to achieve this:

change line 74 of ajax.js from this:

/text|hidden|password/i.test(this.type));

to this:

/text|hidden|password/i.test(this.type))

$(this).filter(":submit").length == 1 && /submit/i.test(this.type);

[kswedberg]

well, that didn't work the way I had intended. Here is the "change to" code again:

/text|hidden|password/i.test(this.type)) || 
    $(this).filter(":submit").length == 1 && 
    /submit/i.test(this.type);

[flesler]

You need to wrap them with:

{ { { code... } } }

[dmethvin]

I'd prefer to see a way to specify the button that was pressed, which would work for cases where there are multiple buttons as well.

[dmethvin]

See also ​http://forum.jquery.com/topic/serialize-event-parameter

[john]

Yeah, I don't think that is something that we're going to change - this is precisely why the jQuery Ajax Form plugin exists: ​http://jquery.malsup.com/form/