onreset Attribute

Where to use the onreset Attribute

• As Type Script:
  onreset is declared on the element: form

Description

The onreset attribute may be used on a form element to specify script to be executed when a Reset button for the form is activated - or when, for example, the JavaScript method Form.reset() is called for that form.

If the onreset script returns false then the form will not be reset (in script-enabled user agents).

See also the onsubmit and onclick attributes.

If you use this attribute (or any attributes of Type Script) the MIME type of the scripting language used should always be provided in a Content-Script-Type HTTP header.

It is good practice not to use these attributes, however, and instead to include external scripts (via script elements) which add any handlers unobtrusively. This makes code more self-contained and also the XHTML is easier to maintain if it doesn't contain any events attributes.