How to reset input field? jQuery

Question

I've read several posts, including this, and this, but I can't seem to get the input field to clear out after submitting. What is the most basic / elementary way to do this?

Currently I have this:

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('form[name=checkListForm]').on('submit', function() {
          // prevent the form from submitting
          event.preventDefault();
          var toAdd = $(this).find('input[name=checkListItem]').val();
          $('.list').append("<div class='item'>" + toAdd + "</div>")
          $('input[name=checkListItem').reset();
        });
});

My HTML is:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html >
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">  
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheet.css">     
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>To Do</h2>
    <form name="checkListForm">
      <input type="text" name="checkListItem" />
      <button type="submit" id="button">Add!</button>
    </form>
    <br/>
    <div class="list"></div>
  </body>
</html>

Single line of code to handle all the fields `$(formselector)[0].reset();` — Adarsh Madrecha, Dec 20 '17 at 06:43

score 41 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 29 '21 at 18:07

41

Instead of resetting, just set a blank value to the input field using this bit of code:

$('input[name=checkListItem').val('');

In order to reset all inputs in a particular form you could also use the following code (using the :input selector):

$('form :input').val('');

edited Mar 29 '21 at 18:07

SwissCodeMen

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answered Feb 18 '16 at 20:47

stark

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Thanks, that worked. As a side question, do you know why the selector should be `input[name=checkListItem` and not `form[name=checkListForm`? – TheRealFakeNews Feb 18 '16 at 20:49
@AlanH: Because you want to set input's value to be blank, not form's. – Przemek Feb 18 '16 at 20:52
@AlanH : that's because the `input` selector basically selects a form control and it has a value that can be set, whereas ``$('form')`` basically means you're selecting an html element itself rather than a form control, since the `$('form')` does not have a value attribute unlike the `input ` selector, see my latest edit to the answer as well. – stark Feb 18 '16 at 20:59
When you use `element[attribute=value]` your filtering the elements/nodes - ie it selects all of type `element` then from those, only the one with `[attribute=value]` so `form[name]` find all **forms** with name attribute. If you did `form [name]` (ie with a space) then it would find all elements with name attribute inside the form. – freedomn-m Feb 18 '16 at 21:18
$('input[name=checkListItem]').val(''); you have missed ']' ;) – Pasindu Jayanath Oct 07 '18 at 07:21
Reset a form through the `reset()`. it's valid both for JavaScript and jQuery and clears all form elements besides inputs. – Jason Vasilev Jul 10 '19 at 09:40

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 18 '16 at 20:49

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This should work,(I've tested it myself).

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('form[name=checkListForm]').on('submit', function() {
          //other code
          $('input[name=checkListItem]').val("")
        });
});

answered Feb 18 '16 at 20:49

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Omari Victor Omosa · Answer 3 · 2016-02-18T21:33:43.420

This one worked for me; Few modification to. I use function(e) and e.preventDefault() and used $('input[name=checkListItem').val(''); instead of reset()

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>

    $(document).ready(function(){
        $('form[name=checkListForm]').on('submit', function(e) {
              // prevent the form from submitting
              e.preventDefault();
              var toAdd = $(this).find('input[name=checkListItem]').val();
              $('.list').append("<div class='item'>" + toAdd + "</div>")


              $('input[name=checkListItem').val('');
            });
    });
 </script>

<h2>To Do</h2>
<form name="checkListForm">
  <input type="text" name="checkListItem" />
  <button type="submit" id="button">Add!</button>
</form>
<br/>
<div class="list"></div>

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 29 '18 at 12:20

0

We can write after submission.

document.getElementById("myform").reset();

edited Jan 29 '18 at 12:20

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answered Jan 29 '18 at 10:38

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This resets the entire form, not the field, as the OP asked. – Sablefoste Mar 17 '22 at 19:00

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 08 '21 at 14:31

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Finally, this worked for me.

$(document).ready(function(){
$('#myForm').on('submit', function() {
$('#checkListItem').val('');
});
});

answered May 08 '21 at 14:31

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How to reset input field? jQuery

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