HTML onreset Event Attribute

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Description

The HTML onreset event attribute specifies a JavaScript function to be run when a form is reset. The onreset event can be used to perform tasks such as:

Clearing the values of all form fields
Validating the form data
Displaying a confirmation message before the form is reset

The onreset event attribute can be used on the <form> element. The value of the onreset attribute is the name of the JavaScript function to be run when the form is reset.

For example, the following HTML code specifies a JavaScript function called resetForm() to be run when the form is reset:

<form onreset="resetForm()">
  <input type="text" name="name">
  <input type="submit">
</form>

The resetForm() function could be used to clear the values of all form fields:

function resetForm() {
  // Clear the values of all form fields
  var form = document.querySelector('form');
  for (var i = 0; i < form.elements.length; i++) {
    form.elements[i].value = '';
  }
}

The onreset event can also be used to validate the form data before the form is reset. For example, the following JavaScript function validates the form data and displays a confirmation message before the form is reset:

function resetForm() {
  // Validate the form data
  var name = document.querySelector('input[name="name"]').value;
  if (name === '') {
    alert('Please enter your name.');
    return false;
  }

  // Display a confirmation message
  var confirm = window.confirm('Are you sure you want to reset the form?');
  if (!confirm) {
    return false;
  }

  // Clear the values of all form fields
  var form = document.querySelector('form');
  for (var i = 0; i < form.elements.length; i++) {
    form.elements[i].value = '';
  }
}

Syntax

<element onreset="script">

Values

scriptThe name of the script to use when the event has been triggered.

Example

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 

  <html> 

    <head>

      <title>onreset event</title> 

    </head> 

    <body> 

    <form onreset="testFunction()">

    Enter something and discard:<br>

    <input type="text" name="info"><br>

    <input type="reset"> 

    </form> 

<script> 

function testFunction() { 

  alert ("EXAMPLE: The form has been reset!"); 

} 

</script> 

  </body> 

</html>

Result

Editor

Browser Support

The following information will show you the current browser support for the HTML onreset event attribute. Hover over a browser icon to see the version that first introduced support for this HTML event attribute.