form no longer resets

[dex3703]

I have several forms for users to input information, along with the requisite reset button. It doesn't do anything! I'm baffled.

The forms post to other scripts that do things (look up profiles, create profiles, etc). Most are preloaded with values.

[Weedpacket]

Do you mean that the reset button resets the fields to the values they had when the page loaded instead of clearing them? This is standard behaviour.

If that's not what you mean then you're going to have to actually provide some detail.

[dex3703]

If that's the case then I guess it's doing what it's supposed to. Is there a way to blank out fields that are prepopulated when hitting reset?

[uffis]

The simple answer is no.

However, you could clear the input fields with JavaScript when the reset button is hit. Personally, I wouldn't waste using JS for that. Also, another submit button could be used with form action set to empty, but multiple submit buttons won't usually work well on one form with various browsers.

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox article Reset and Cancel Buttons from April 16, 2000 is worth reading when thinking about using reset buttons.