I'm not so sure the blanket statement ":visible doesn't work in Opera", as Opera 10 runs the jQuery Docs example just fine:
http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors/visible Works fine for me anyways.... perhaps it's not selecting what you think it should be? and FF/ Chrome/IE compensate for it On Dec 30, 10:01 am, phatfish <phatf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Im using this code -- > > var uri = "/generator/render?s=form&o=image&"+$("#main- > form :visible").serialize(); > > -- to select and then serialize only the visible fields in a form (i > have hidden inputs i don't want sent in this ajax request). However > Opera v10.10 it appears doesn't support the :visible selector (at > least in jQuery) and gives the error "Unknown pseudo class" relating > to the :visible selector. > > The value of the "uri" variable ends up with duplicate fields in the > serialized string, messing up the request data. Caused it seems, by it > not liking that selector. > > The code works fine in Firefox/Chrome/IE but not Opera. If i remove > ":visible" and just use "#main-form" as the selector, it serializes > the form correctly. So i'm sure the selector is the problem. > > If anyone knows an alternative way to make the selection so hidden > fields aren't selected, that will work with Opera as well as the other > browsers mentioned, that would be helpful. > > Thanks!
