Iterate through all form elements irrespective of their type

Question

I am busy with a form manager for one of our clients. The general idea is that forms will be built for the individual departments and I want to create a micro system which will

Answer 1

Use the jQuery :input selector:

jQuery("form :input");

Description: Selects all input, textarea, select and button elements.

http://api.jquery.com/input-selector/