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

The following code clear all the form and it's fields will be empty. If you want to clear only a particular form if the page is having more than one form, please mention the id or class of the form

$("body").find('form').find('input,  textarea').val('');

Answer 2

$('#editPOIForm').each(function(){ 
    this.reset();
});

where editPOIForm is the id attribute of your form.

Answer 3

Why does it need to be done with any JavaScript at all?

<form>
    <!-- snip -->
    <input type="reset" value="Reset"/>
</form>

http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/the-input-element.html#attr-input-type-keywords

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Tried that one first, it won't clear fields with default values.

Here's a way to do it with jQuery, then:

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

Answer 4

Add hidden reset button as follows

<input id="resetBtn" type="reset" value="reset" style="display:none" />
// Call reset buttons click event
// Similar to ClearInputs('resetBtn');
function ClearInputs(btnSelector) {
     var btn = $("#" + btnSelector);
     btn.click();
}

Answer 5

$('form[name="myform"]')[0].reset();

Answer 6

Why you dont use document.getElementById("myId").reset(); ? this is the simple and pretty