HTMLFormElement: reset event
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. Itās been available across browsers since āØJuly 2015ā©.
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 |
|---|
| HTML # event-reset |
Browser compatibility
See also
- HTML
<form>element