[removed] True form reset for hidden fields

Question

Unfortunately form.reset() function doesn\'t reset hidden inputs of the form. Checked in FF3 and Chromium.

Does any one have an idea how to do the reset for hidden f

Answer 1

Another answer, in case anyone comes here looking for one. Serialize the form after the page loads and use those values to reset the hidden fields later:

var serializedForm = $('#myForm').serialize();

Then, to reset the form:

function fullReset(){

    $('#myForm').reset(); // resets everything except hidden fields


    var formFields = decodeURIComponent(serializedForm).split('&'); //split up the serialized form into variable pairs

    //put it into an associative array
    var splitFields = new Array();
    for(i in formFields){
        vals= formFields[i].split('=');
        splitFields[vals[0]] = vals[1];
    }
    $('#myForm').find('input[type=hidden]').each(function(){    
        this.value = splitFields[this.name];
    });

}