Clear form fields with jQuery

Question

I want to clear all input and textarea fields in a form. It works like the following when using an input button with the reset class:

$(".reset").bind("click", function() {
  $("input[type=text], textarea").val("");
});

This will clear all fields on the page, not just the ones from the form. How would my selector look like for just the form the actual reset button lives in?

Answer 1

I've written a universal jQuery plugin:

/**
 * Resets any input field or form
 */
$.fn.uReset = function () {
    return this.filter('form, :input').each(function () {
        var input = $(this);
        
        // Reset the form.
        if (input.is('form')) {
            input[0].reset();
            return;
        }

        // Reset any form field.
        if (input.is(':radio, :checkbox')) {
            input.prop('checked', this.defaultChecked);
        } else if (input.is('select')) {
            input.find('option').each(function () {
                $(this).prop('selected', this.defaultSelected);
            });
        } else if (this.defaultValue) {
            input.val(this.defaultValue);
        } else {
            console.log('Cannot reset to default value');
        }
    });
};

$(function () {
    // Test jQuery plugin.
    $('button').click(function (e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        
        var button = $(this),
            inputType = button.val(),
            form = button.closest('form');
        
        if (inputType === 'form') {
            form.uReset()
        } else {
            $('input[type=' + inputType + '], ' + inputType, form).uReset();
        }
    });
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<h3>Form</h3>
<form>
    <input type="text" value="default"/><br /><br />
    Ch 1 (default checked) <input type="checkbox" name="color" value="1" checked="checked" /><br />
    Ch 2 <input type="checkbox" name="color" value="2" /><br />
    Ch 3 (default checked) <input type="checkbox" name="color" value="3" checked="checked" /><br /><br />
    <select name="time"><br />
        <option value="15">15</option>
        <option selected="selected" value="30">30</option>
        <option value="45">45</option>
    </select><br /><br />
    R 1 <input type="radio" name="color" value="1" /><br />
    R 2 (default checked) <input type="radio" name="color" value="2" checked="checked" /><br />
    R 3 <input type="radio" name="color" value="3" /><br /><br />
    <textarea>Default text</textarea><br /><br />
    
    <p>Play with form values and then try to reset them</p>
    
    <button type="button" value="text">Reset text input</button>
    <button type="button" value="checkbox">Reset checkboxes</button>
    <button type="button" value="select">Reset select</button>
    <button type="button" value="radio">Reset radios</button>
    <button type="button" value="textarea">Reset textarea</button>
    <button type="button" value="form">Reset the Form</button>
</form>

Answer 2

$(".reset").click(function() {
    $(this).closest('form').find("input[type=text], textarea").val("");
});

Answer 3

This won't handle cases where form input fields have non empty default values.

Something like should work

$('yourdiv').find('form')[0].reset();

Answer 4

I use this :

$(".reset").click(function() {
  $('input[type=text]').each(function(){
     $(this).val('');
  });
});

And here is my button:

<a href="#" class="reset">
  <i class="fa fa-close"></i>
     Reset
</a>

Answer 5

Most easy and best solution is-
$("#form")[0].reset();

Don't use here -
$(this)[0].reset();

Answer 6

$('form').submit(function() {

var el = $(this);

$('<button type="reset" style="display:none; "></button>')
    .appendTo(el)
    .click()
    .remove()
;

return false;

});