How to prevent form element from sending some fields we don't want?
Remove the name attribute on the fields you do not want submitted to the server.
<form action="abc/def.aspx" method="get">
<input type="text" />
<input type="text" />
<input type="text" />
<input type="text" />
<input type="text" />
<input type="hidden" name="final" />
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
</form>
This is the simplest way to achieve what you want, and it works on all major browsers.
W3 spec talks about only submitting form values when name is present: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.2
Remove the element on submit.
On the onsubmit handler:
$(formElement).submit(function() {
$(this.field1).remove(); //removing field 1 from query
return true; //send
});
Disabling the form element also stops it from being entered into the query.(tested on Chrome)
$(formElement).submit(function() {
this.field1.disabled = true;
return true; //send
});