Disabled fields not picked up by serializeArray

Question

(Question updated to reflect real issue)

I just realized that serializeArray is not fetching content from disabled fields.

A set of

Answer 1

you can use readonly serializeArray() can read it.

Answer 2

$('#field').removeAttr('disabled');
var formData = $(this).serializeArray();
$('#field').attr('disabled', 'disabled');

The solution above is better - alternatively you can just remove the disabled attribute from the element, serialize the fields then re-add the attribute.

Answer 3

This is expected behavior and won't be fixed. Here is a workaround

function serializeJSONIncludingDisabledFields (form) {
  var fields = form.find('[disabled]');
  fields.prop('disabled', false);
  var json = form.serializeJSON();
  fields.prop('disabled', true);
  return json;
}

Link to the issue

Answer 4

Try this

var data = $('form').serializeAllArray();

And here is the small plugin that is used

(function ($) {
  $.fn.serializeAllArray = function () {
    var obj = {};

    $('input',this).each(function () { 
        obj[this.name] = $(this).val(); 
    });
    return $.param(obj);
  }
})(jQuery);

You can also try enabling all your element's just to serialize them and then disable them after serializing.

var myform = $('#form');
var disabled = myform.find(':input:disabled').removeAttr('disabled');
var serialized = myform.serializeArray();
disabled.attr('disabled','disabled');