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Chapter 16 Using HTML Forms

Reset Buttons

HTML Element:

 (No End Tag)

Attributes:

VALUE

, 

NAME

, 

ONCLICK

, 

ONDBLCLICK

, 

ONFOCUS

, 

ONBLUR

Reset buttons serve to reset the values of all items in the 

FORM

 to those speci 

fied in the original 

VALUE

 parameters. Their value is never transmitted as part

of the form's contents. 

VALUE

The 

VALUE

 attribute specifies the button label;  Reset  is the default.

NAME

Because reset buttons do not contribute to the data string transmitted 

when the form is submitted, they are not named in standard HTML. 

However, JavaScript permits a 

NAME

 attribute to be used to simplify ref 

erence to the element. 

ONCLICK, ONDBLCLICK, ONFOCUS, and ONBLUR

These nonstandard attributes are used by JavaScript capable browsers 

to associate JavaScript code with the button. The 

ONCLICK

 and 

ONDBL 

CLICK

 code is executed when the button is pressed, the 

ONFOCUS

 code 

when the button gets the input focus, and the 

ONBLUR

 code when it 

loses the focus. HTML attributes are not case sensitive, and these 

attributes are traditionally called 

onClick

, 

onDblClick

, 

onFocus

, and 

onBlur

 by JavaScript programmers. 

HTML Element:

HTML Markup

Attributes:

VALUE

, 

NAME

, 

ONCLICK

,

 ONDBLCLICK

, 

ONFOCUS

, 

ONBLUR

This alternative way of creating reset buttons, supported only by Internet

Explorer, lets you use arbitrary HTML markup for the content of the button.

All attributes are used identically to those in 

.

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