On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:32:31 +0100, <johnacooke@gmail.comwrote:
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I have a HTML form that is generated in part by PHP. The action
attribute on the form tag calls itself, so that I can validate the
fields without using any other form of code like Javascript to
validate fields, etc.
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All works well; fields like e-mail addresses are correctly validated
with one notable exception.
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The <input type="reset" ... only works the first time the form is
called.
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If there are any problems with the fields, causing the form to refresh
with advisory data, then the Clear button does not function.
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I am unable to explain this. Has anyone spotted anything similar? Do
you know why? Is there a workaround?
<input type="reset"doesn _not_ empty all the values, rather it resets
all form values to the one in the HTMl source.
<http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#reset-button>
So if you're kind enough to provide them with the previous values so
they'll only have to change the incorrect one, those will be set. If you
want a 'clear' button instead of a 'reset' button, you'll either have to
use some javascript to do that, or make it a submit button and return a
crisp form to the user on that post value.
--
Rik Wasmus
