.serialize() event parameter

.serialize() event parameter

The serialize() function uses a concept called "successful controls" to determine while fields will be passed into the serialized string.  One of the details of "successful controls" is that it doesn't include submit buttons, because:

"No submit button value is serialized since the form was not submitted using a button"

When I use serialize(), more often than not the form is submitted with a submit button.  I typically use the recommended method, which gets triggered automatically when a submit button is pressed:
$('form').submit(function() {
 alert($(this).serialize());
 return false;
});


I'm proposing that .serialize() adds an optional event parameter, so we can see which submit button was pushed if we need to, IE:
$('form').submit(function(e) {
 alert($(this).serialize(e));
 return false;
});


Just a thought