jQuery: how to find first visible input/select/textarea excluding buttons?

Question

I tried

$(\":input:not(input[type=button],input[type=submit],button):visible:first\")

but it doesn\'t find anything.

What is my mis

Answer 1

Why not just target the ones you want (demo)?

$('form').find('input[type=text],textarea,select').filter(':visible:first');

Edit

Or use jQuery :input selector to filter form descendants.

$('form').find('*').filter(':input:visible:first');