Using jQuery, how can I reset all form fields to their original values?
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>Demo</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$('a').click(function() {
$('input, select, textarea').val('');
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<form action="./" name="f" id="f" method="post">
<input type="text" name="t" value="t" size="30" />
<input type="checkbox" name="x" value="1" />
<input type="checkbox" name="y" value="1" checked="checked" />
<textarea name="hello">hello</textarea>
<select name="quantity">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2" selected="selected">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
</select>
</form>
<a>Reset Fields</a>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16925441/reset-button-to-default-value-for-input-box
although i prefer to do this
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