Is there a jquery select for multiple form elements?

Question

i want to get back an array of all:

1. hidden inputs
2. text inputs
3. select inputs
4. checkboxes

I see this page but it seems like you have to query for checkboxes seperately

is there anyway to have one selector get everything in one array?

Answer 1

This will return what you're looking for I think...

$("input:hidden, input:text, select, input[type='checkbox']")

I'm not sure if you needed this or not as well but for text areas you'd also want to add...

$("textarea")