Name
Reset.onclick — the handler invoked when a Reset button is clicked
Availability
JavaScript 1.0; enhanced in JavaScript 1.1
Synopsis
<input type="reset" onclick="handler
" ... >reset
.onclick
Description
The onclick
property of a Reset object refers to
an event handler function that is invoked when the user clicks on the
Reset button. See the
HTMLElement.onclick reference page for complete
details. Note, however, that Reset.onclick
has
been supported since JavaScript 1.0, unlike the generalized
HTMLElement.onclick
handler.
The Reset button has the special
function of resetting all form elements to their default value. The
onclick
event handler may add any additional
functionality to the Reset button.
In JavaScript 1.1, the onclick
handler may return
false
to prevent the Reset object from resetting
the form. (For example, the onclick
handler could
use confirm( )
to ask the user to confirm the
reset and return false
if it was not confirmed.)
See Also
Form.onreset, Form.reset( ), HTMLElement.onclick; Chapter 19; EventListener, EventTarget, and MouseEvent in the DOM reference section
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