jQuery configurable-serialize Plugin

• Download jquery.configurable-serialize.js v 0.1, 1 Nov 2009

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This jQuery plugin adds configuration options to jQuery's standard serialize() function. Its default behavior is identical to the built-in serialize() function, but it offers two configuration options, emptyValues and emptyCheckboxes.

emptyValues defaults to true. When set to false, it causes serialize to omit form elements with no value. This is useful when you have a form with many optional fields and want to keep the form submission small.

emptyCheckboxes defaults to false. When set to true, it causes serialize to include un-checked checkboxes in the serialized form parameters, with no value. This is useful when you want to explicitly tell your server backend to blank checkbox values.

Modify the form widgets and see the results of configurable-serialize's serialize() function below:

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