Clear form fields with jQuery

Question

I want to clear all input and textarea fields in a form. It works like the following when using an input button with the reset class:

$(\".reset         


        

Answer 1

Why does it need to be done with any JavaScript at all?

http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/the-input-element.html#attr-input-type-keywords

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Tried that one first, it won't clear fields with default values.

Here's a way to do it with jQuery, then:

$('.reset').on('click', function() {
    $(this).closest('form').find('input[type=text], textarea').val('');
});