How to avoid sending input fields which are hidden by display:none to a server?

Question

Imagine you have a form where you switch visibility of several fields. And if the field is not displayed you don\'t want its value to be in request.

How do you handl

Answer 1

What about:

$('#divID').children(":input").prop("disabled", true); // disable

and

$('#divID').children(":input").prop("disabled", false); // enable

To toggle all children inputs (selects, checkboxes, input, textareas, etc) inside a hidden div.