From 64451ea66a8005ef4d63ed4e5135869731efa109 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Frank=20Gl=C3=BCck?= <glueck@dozent.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:33:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Improve input element selection logic

allows something like this:
FormDataJson.toJson($(':input:not(.no_filter,button,[name="pool[]"])','#filter'),{includeDisabled: true, uncheckedValue: 0})
---
 src/form-data-json.ts | 17 +++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/form-data-json.ts b/src/form-data-json.ts
index 851e060..39a135b 100644
--- a/src/form-data-json.ts
+++ b/src/form-data-json.ts
@@ -748,12 +748,17 @@ export default class FormDataJson {
     isValidInput: ((input: HTMLInputElement | HTMLSelectElement | HTMLTextAreaElement | HTMLElement) => boolean | undefined) | null = null,
     options: FormDataJsonOptionsToJson | FormDataJsonOptionsFromJson | FormDataJsonOptionsReset | FormDataJsonOptionsClear
   ): any {
-    const el = FormDataJson.getElement(checkEl)
-    if (!el) {
-      return []
+    let inputs = null, el = null;;
+    if ((checkEl instanceof NodeList || checkEl instanceof Object) && checkEl.length==1) { // one element should be a form
+      const el = FormDataJson.getElement(checkEl);
+      if (!el) {
+        return [];
+      }
+      inputs = Array.from(el.querySelectorAll('select, textarea, input, button'));
+    }
+    else { // it is a list of elements
+      inputs = checkEl;
     }
-
-    let inputs = Array.from(el.querySelectorAll('select, textarea, input, button'))
     // if we have a form with a name, we need to find all attributes that have a "form" attribute with that name as value as well
     if (options.includeLinkedFormElements && el instanceof HTMLFormElement && el.getAttribute('id')) {
       const formId = el.getAttribute('id')
@@ -902,4 +907,4 @@ export default class FormDataJson {
     }
     return c
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}

From 1e28d552af33634d2350a3408cca8cb25c979ebc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Frank=20Gl=C3=BCck?= <glueck@dozent.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:34:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Refactor input selection logic for checkEl

Refactor input handling to support jQuery objects and improve clarity.
---
 src/form-data-json.ts | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/form-data-json.ts b/src/form-data-json.ts
index 39a135b..23cee06 100644
--- a/src/form-data-json.ts
+++ b/src/form-data-json.ts
@@ -748,17 +748,18 @@ export default class FormDataJson {
     isValidInput: ((input: HTMLInputElement | HTMLSelectElement | HTMLTextAreaElement | HTMLElement) => boolean | undefined) | null = null,
     options: FormDataJsonOptionsToJson | FormDataJsonOptionsFromJson | FormDataJsonOptionsReset | FormDataJsonOptionsClear
   ): any {
-    let inputs = null, el = null;;
-    if ((checkEl instanceof NodeList || checkEl instanceof Object) && checkEl.length==1) { // one element should be a form
+    let inputs = null;
+    if (checkEl.jquery && checkEl.length>1) {
+      const el = null;
+      inputs = checkEl.toArray();
+    }
+    else {
       const el = FormDataJson.getElement(checkEl);
       if (!el) {
         return [];
       }
       inputs = Array.from(el.querySelectorAll('select, textarea, input, button'));
     }
-    else { // it is a list of elements
-      inputs = checkEl;
-    }
     // if we have a form with a name, we need to find all attributes that have a "form" attribute with that name as value as well
     if (options.includeLinkedFormElements && el instanceof HTMLFormElement && el.getAttribute('id')) {
       const formId = el.getAttribute('id')

From 2a4b5d074ef557aa20236689cefd04cd597ad92e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Frank=20Gl=C3=BCck?= <glueck@dozent.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:49:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update input initialization logic in form-data-json

Refactor input handling to support array of elements.
---
 src/form-data-json.ts | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/form-data-json.ts b/src/form-data-json.ts
index 23cee06..6332c6c 100644
--- a/src/form-data-json.ts
+++ b/src/form-data-json.ts
@@ -748,8 +748,11 @@ export default class FormDataJson {
     isValidInput: ((input: HTMLInputElement | HTMLSelectElement | HTMLTextAreaElement | HTMLElement) => boolean | undefined) | null = null,
     options: FormDataJsonOptionsToJson | FormDataJsonOptionsFromJson | FormDataJsonOptionsReset | FormDataJsonOptionsClear
   ): any {
-    let inputs = null;
-    if (checkEl.jquery && checkEl.length>1) {
+    let inputs = [];
+    if (Array.isArray(checkEl)) {
+      inputs = checkEl;
+    }
+    else if (checkEl.jquery && checkEl.length>1) {
       const el = null;
       inputs = checkEl.toArray();
     }