HTMLFormElement: reset event
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The reset event fires when a <form> is reset.
Syntax
Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.
js
addEventListener("reset", (event) => { }) onreset = (event) => { } Event type
A generic Event.
Examples
This example uses EventTarget.addEventListener() to listen for form resets, and logs the current Event.timeStamp whenever that occurs.
HTML
html
<form id="form"> <label>Test field: <input type="text" /></label> <br /><br /> <button type="reset">Reset form</button> </form> <p id="log"></p> JavaScript
js
const form = document.getElementById("form"); const log = document.getElementById("log"); function logReset(event) { log.textContent = `Form reset! Timestamp: ${event.timeStamp}`; } form.addEventListener("reset", logReset); Result
Specifications
| Specification |
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| HTML # event-reset |
Browser compatibility
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See also
- HTML
<form>element